Parshat Vayeshev

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Joseph's dreams and his brothers' jealousy, Joseph sold into slavery, Judah and Tamar, and Joseph in Potiphar's house and prison. Genesis 37:1-40:23.

Pharaoh's Advisors Warned Him About One Specific Hebrew Child

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:76

Seriously close. We all know the story: Pharaoh, terrified by the growing Israelite population, orders all newborn Hebrew boys to be thrown into the Nile. A brutal decree born of f...

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Gabriel Sat Among Pharaoh's Wise Men in Disguise

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:77

The stakes were unbelievably high. Pharaoh, consumed by his fears of a Hebrew savior, wasn't just passively waiting for something to happen. He was actively trying to prevent it. A...

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Moses: The Burning Bush

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:101

We often think of the burning bush, the plagues, the parting of the Red Sea. But what about the years before all that? Ginzberg, in his Legends of the Jews, paints a fascinating pi...

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Ethiopia: Giving of the Torah

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:113

We know the story of the Exodus, the parting of the Red Sea, and the giving of the Torah at Sinai. But what about those missing years? Jewish tradition is filled with fascinating s...

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Moses Left Ethiopia and Found Jethro's Magical Staff in Midian

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:117

The tale begins when Moses, at the ripe old age of 67, leaves Ethiopia. Ginzberg, in Legends of the Jews, tells us this was the moment divinely appointed to liberate Israel from th...

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Marriage of Zipporah

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:134

According to Legends of the Jews, Jethro, Zipporah's father, gave Moses considerable wealth and his daughter's hand in marriage. But there was a condition. Jethro, a Midianite prie...

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Dathan and Abiram Rejected Moses When He First Tried to Lead

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:137

According to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of the Jews, that's exactly what happened. Moses arrives, ready to lead, and Dathan and Abiram, prominent Israelites, meet him with hos...

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The Old Pharaoh Died in Shame So Rotten No One Could Embalm Him

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:145

Apparently, the old king didn't go peacefully. According to Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews, he died in utter shame and disgrace, a repulsive figure to everyone. They buried him in ...

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Moses: The Golden Calf

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:198

Would you still offer that help? That’s the dilemma, in a sense, that God faces in the lead-up to the Exodus. As we learn in Legends of the Jews, God, in speaking to Moses, lays ba...

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