4 myths
Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Brotherhood from across Jewish tradition.
4 myths on JewishMythology.com retell how Jewish tradition imagines brotherhood, drawn from the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, Talmud, Kabbalah, and later Jewish literature. Each story below synthesizes primary sources into a single narrative; follow any myth to read it, and from there into the source passages behind it.
Moses tipped the holy oil over Aaron's head and felt it slide onto his own beard. One wet drop nearly broke him with fear.
Before the armies engaged, Esau spoke words designed to close every door. He named himself as the boar and did not apologize for it.
She was twelve and she was being held in the prince's house when she overheard what the men downstairs were planning to do to her family.
Cain claims this world as his own, mocks judgment, and turns a brotherly quarrel over grazing into the first murder on the open field.
