Parshat Vayigash

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Judah's plea for Benjamin, Joseph reveals himself to his brothers, and Jacob's family descends to Egypt. Genesis 44:18-47:27.

Zeal of Elijah and Dora

Josephus Against Apion 9:1

It comes to us from Apion, a Graeco-Egyptian intellectual who lived in the 1st century CE and who, shall we say, wasn't the biggest fan of the Jewish people. His writings, thankful...

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Cosmic Origins and Greeks

Josephus Against Apion 10:1

He claimed they swore "by God, the Maker of the heaven, and earth, and sea, to bear no good will to any foreigner, and particularly to none of the Greeks." Now, Josephus, the Jewis...

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Wisdom Calls Out and From

Josephus Against Apion 12:1

Enter Apion, a Graeco-Egyptian intellectual from the 1st century CE. Josephus, the famous Jewish historian, wrote a whole treatise Against Apion to defend Judaism against his sland...

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Mouth of the Abyss

Josephus Against Apion 21:1

Josephus, a fascinating figure from the first century – a Jewish historian who lived through the Roman conquest of Judea – grappled with this very question in his writings. In his ...

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Abel: Cain and the Origins of the World

Philo The Midrash of Philo 2:1

The ancient sages certainly did! And they wrestled with questions that still resonate today. Philo, the 1st-century Jewish philosopher from Alexandria, Egypt, grappled with these v...

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Avot DeRabbi Natan 27

Midrash Aggadah Avot DeRabbi Natan 27

R. JOSE SAID: HE WHO HONOURS THE TORAH IS HIMSELF HONOURED BY MANKIND, as it is stated, For them that honour Me I will honour, and they that despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.11...

Judgment

Targum Jonathan on Genesis 42

Midrash Aggadah Targum Jonathan on Genesis 42

And Jakob saw that provisions might be bought and that they brought corn from Mizraim; and Jakob said to his sons, Why are you afraid to go down to Mizraim? And he said, Behold, I ...

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Targum Jonathan on Numbers 13

Midrash Aggadah Targum Jonathan on Numbers 13

AND the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying: Send thou keen-sighted men who may explore the land of Kenaan, which I will give to the children of Israel; one man for each tribe of their ...

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Pesikta Rabbati 11

Midrash Aggadah Pesikta Rabbati 11

Judah and Israel are as numerous as the sand on the seashore (1 Kings 4:20). May our Rabbis teach us from whence they pronounce concerning the shekels, so did our Rabbis pronounce ...

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