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Sometimes, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree... and sometimes, well, it's a whole orchard of strange and wondrous fruit. Let’s journey back in time with Rabbah bar Bar Hanna...
Tonight, we're diving into the shadowy world of Lilith, the night demoness, a figure both terrifying and… strangely compelling. The folklore surrounding Lilith paints a vivid pictu...
I'm talking about Lilith. The tales surrounding Lilith are wild and varied, and one particular story, found woven within the mystical threads of the Zohar (1:19b), paints a fascina...
According to some accounts, these beings are, in a way, leftovers from the very first week of existence. The story goes that God was creating, creating, creating, all day long for ...
That's a glimpse into the world of the dybbuk. Our story begins in the mystical city of Safed, a center of Kabbalah in the Galilee. There lived a widow, known throughout the commun...
Jewish tradition gives us a few different, evolving, and sometimes contradictory answers. One early picture, found in the ancient text 1 Enoch (specifically, chapters 22:1-14), dat...
Jewish tradition has some fascinating – and sobering – ideas about that transition. It's a moment watched over, judged, and ultimately, a reckoning. Imagine this: As a person breat...
In Jewish tradition, it’s often understood as a place of purification or punishment for the wicked. But its story is far more complex, and perhaps even surprising, than you might t...
Jewish tradition has a concept called Gehenna, often translated as Hell, though it’s more of a purgatorial realm of purification. And guarding the gates, or at least playing a key ...
