Parshat Yitro

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Jethro visits Moses, the revelation at Mount Sinai, and the giving of the Ten Commandments. Exodus 18:1-20:23.

Moses's Transgression and Balaam

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 6:96

It's a story of justice, regret, and ultimately, a final act of redemption for Moses. Remember Balaam, the non-Jewish prophet hired to curse Israel, who instead ended up blessing t...

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Covenant of Moses and Jordan

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 6:126

We all know the story: Moses, the great leader, the lawgiver, the man who spoke to God face-to-face. He led the Israelites through the desert for forty long years. But now, at the ...

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Thou: Giving of the Torah

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 6:130

That's exactly what happened to Moses. He pleaded with God, "Lord of the world! Let me, I pray, enter into the Land, live there two or three years, and then die." But God’s answer?...

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Eleazar: Giving of the Torah

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 6:148

He’s led the Israelites through the desert for forty years, faced down Pharaoh, received the Torah at Sinai. And now, this. And what does Moses do? He doesn't rage against God. He ...

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Kingdom of Joshua

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 6:156

Imagine the scene: A herald, voice booming, summoning everyone. But instead of rushing to Joshua, fear gripped the people. They started trembling, shaking, suddenly afflicted with ...

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Moses's Transgression and Simeon

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 7:35

Remember the story of the daughters of Moab? It's a troubling episode in the Torah where the Israelites succumbed to temptation and idolatry (Numbers 25). According to the biblical...

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Death of Mount Nebo and Moses

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 7:61

We know he ascended Mount Nebo, gazed upon the Promised Land he would never enter, and then… the Torah simply says he died. But Jewish tradition, never one to shy away from filling...

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Israelites: Giving of the Torah

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 7:64

What happens to a leader when they die? Especially a leader like Moses? We know Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, received the Torah at Sinai, and guided them for forty years ...

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Kingdom of Gideon

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:51

Gideon, one of the Judges of Israel, certainly did. The story goes that an angel appeared to Gideon, tasking him with a monumental mission: delivering Israel from the oppression of...

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