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Sometimes, it’s about setting aside your own prestige, your own sense of self-importance, to serve. To truly see the other person’s needs. We find a beautiful example of this in th...
We know the broad strokes from the Torah, but the rabbinic tradition, particularly as retold in Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews, fills in some fascinating details… details that reve...
Turns out, according to some pretty amazing stories, it wasn't as simple as just saying "yes." Before that earth-shattering covenant, before the words were etched in stone, Moses, ...
There's a beautiful, reassuring interpretation nestled within it. According to Legends of the Jews, when Moses heard this, he thanked God. Yes, you read that right. He understood t...
We often focus on the Ten Commandments themselves, but the experience rippled through the entire Israelite community in ways that are, well, almost unbelievable. According to Legen...
The story, as retold by Ginzberg in Legends of the Jews, introduces us to this angel, a being named Hadarniel. This angel, it's said, towers over his brethren, exceeding them by si...
We often picture them singing sweetly, but some legends paint a far more dramatic, awe-inspiring picture. Take the story of SANDALFON, an angel so immense it would take five hundre...
We often picture him receiving the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, in a moment of serene revelation. But Jewish tradition suggests it was a far more intense, even ...
That’s precisely what Moses did on Mount Sinai. The story, as recounted in Legends of the Jews by Rabbi Louis Ginzberg, is truly astonishing. Moses, up on the mountain receiving th...
