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It all started in a place called Elim. : when the world was first formed, the Almighty set up twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees there. Why those numbers? Well, they corr...
The battlefield was set, the armies were engaged, but the real battle, according to Legends of the Jews, wasn't on the ground at all. It was happening on a nearby height, where Mos...
It wasn't just a random act of idol worship, oh no. The seeds of that disaster, according to some fascinating legends, were sown long before. Let's rewind to the Exodus. Remember w...
We often focus on the big names, the artisans, the leaders. But what about the women? Their story, as told in the Legends of the Jews, is truly remarkable (Ginzberg). Apparently, t...
According to Ginzberg’s retelling in Legends of the Jews, when Moses approached Aaron with the news that God wanted him to be the Kohen Gadol, the High Priest, Aaron wasn't exactly...
We picture this grand, awe-inspiring moment, but Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews paints a rather... different picture. Imagine this: After generations of brutal slavery in Egypt, th...
We often picture a triumphant march, but the reality, according to Jewish tradition, was far more complicated. It's easy to imagine them yearning for the "good old days" – even tho...
The Israelites knew that feeling intimately after the incident with the spies. God, though He relented from completely wiping them out, wasn't exactly thrilled. And that distance m...
He wasn't a Canaanite, mind you, those ancient inhabitants of the land of Israel. But, like some of them, Korah serves as a cautionary tale: immense wealth, squandered by pride. Th...
