9 myths
The boards were finished. Moses still left them stacked. Mockers counted the folds until Abraham's month of good news arrived.
When the Tabernacle was raised and fire came down, God's joy matched the joy of the first day. The world had been waiting for this moment.
Scoffers mocked Moses until the Shekhinah, the Divine Presence, rested. Bezalel began with the Ark of light, and the dwelling rose alone.
Cynics watched the nape of his neck and called him rich. One thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels sat blank in the ledger.
After the golden calf, Israel did not creep back. When the Mishkan opened atonement, the whole congregation ran forward with gifts and joy.
Moses set the smashed first tablets in the ark with the whole ones. Heaven spoke from above ten handbreadths and never dropped below.
Hadrian strides into the Holy of Holies to revile God to His face, and a king dead a thousand years rises from the psalms to answer him.
Love climbed past every title. God named Israel daughter, then sister, then mother, while Israel's heart stayed awake in exile's sleep.
With nothing for the Sabbath, Rabbi Shimon ben Halafta prays until heaven drops him a jewel, and his wife warns what a borrowed treasure will cost.
