5 myths
On his last day Moses tells Joshua he was made before the world to kneel between God and Israel, then seals the books of every age to come.
For thirty-six nights Moses rose at midnight, slipped into Joshua's room, and cleaned the shoes of the man who would replace him.
The Angel of Death came into the tent, and Moses spoke the Ineffable Name at him until he fled. On the third approach Moses met him with open hands.
When Moses's final day arrived, Devarim Rabbah says the sun refused to set and the day itself filed a complaint before God about being forced to end.
A Roman emperor dares the sages to prove scattered dust can live, and they answer with clay, shattered glass, and a grain of wheat.
