6 myths
Moses prays 515 times at the Jordan's edge, draws a circle in the dust, and prays until heaven trembles. God finally says: enough, do not continue.
The Romans tore Rabbi Akiva's flesh with iron combs while he smiled. He had been waiting his whole life to love God with everything he had.
He had been cutting hands and descents out of the Aramaic Torah. At Hear O Israel he set the knife down and copied six words as they stood.
The Torah lists Esau's kings one after another, fourteen of them, and Jacob felt small next to that column. God told him to turn and look behind him.
Moses named seventy-seven living men and could not find three more. He asked the dead patriarchs to stand in the breach.
From the ridge Moses sees the whole land and the final day. He bargains to enter as a commoner or as a corpse. Heaven answers no.
