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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...
The air is thick with the aroma of roasting meat, the sounds of laughter and song echoing through the desert. The Israelites, newly freed from slavery in Egypt, are gathered togeth...
We all know the big picture – freedom from slavery, the Ten Commandments. But what about the finer details? What was the tone, the emphasis, the heart of his message? Well, accordi...
A huge mountain. And then, suddenly, it lifts up... and hovers over your head. That, my friends, is how the Israelites accepted the Torah. It wasn't exactly a spur-of-the-moment de...
According to tradition, we’re talking about ten times total. And we’re not just talking about a quiet whisper in the wind. These are monumental, earth-shattering events. The text y...
That’s a glimpse into what Moses experienced on his journey to receive the Torah. According to Legends of the Jews by Ginzberg, the encounter with the angel Sandalphon was so inten...
We all know the story: Moses is up on Mount Sinai, receiving the Torah, and the Israelites, impatient and doubting, melt down their gold and fashion a false idol. Moses descends, s...
I'm talking about Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It's more than just a somber day of fasting and prayer, you see. The sages tell us Yom Kippur is so vital that even in the messi...
It's a monumental task. Well, the angels apparently had some thoughts. The story goes that they were a little… skeptical. As we find in Legends of the Jews, a monumental compilatio...
