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According to Legends of the Jews, he was just waiting for Joseph to be born so he could finally head home. Why? Because Jacob had a sense – a ruach hakodesh, a holy spirit – that J...
How he tricked Esau out of his birthright and blessing. But imagine the weight of that, the fear, the uncertainty… Well, the story doesn’t end there. The Legends of the Jews, that ...
While Jacob and his sons were sitting in the house of learning, occupied with the study of the Torah, Dinah went abroad to see the dancing and singing women, whom Shechem had hired...
It’s a tale filled with passion, deceit, and the raw emotions that boil within families. The story goes that Shechem, son of Hamor, defiled Dinah. When Jacob heard this news, he se...
Our story begins with Dinah, Jacob's daughter, and Shechem, son of Hamor, a prince of the Hivites. Shechem, captivated by Dinah, takes her – a violation that sets in motion a chain...
We're talking about the story of Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and the events that unfolded in the city of Shechem. Now, you probably know the basic outline: Dinah is taken by Shechem,...
(Genesis 34, for those playing along at home). The Torah glosses over the actual battle that followed, but trust me, the legends fill in the gaps with some seriously epic details. ...
The sages tell us that Jacob made a vow at Beth-el (the House of God) long ago. But he didn't fulfill it promptly. And according to the legends, this had dire repercussions. The ra...
It wasn’t exactly a warm reunion. The story, as retold in Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews, paints a picture of simmering tensions boiling over. Judah, ever the pragmatist, wasn't bu...
