5 myths
Each story names the sources it was written from.
Three times the old prophet told him to stay behind. Elisha swore he would not leave, and then fire came down between their feet.
Every seder has a cup for Elijah. Every circumcision has his chair. But a tradition older than both holds that Elijah is not present everywhere. He is hidden.
Ten brothers bowed for bread and did not know the face above the throne. Joseph let them speak Hebrew. He did not smile.
Galgiel took the reins before dawn. The sun had to bathe first. Yesterday's fire was still on it, and the earth could not take that heat twice.
By the river Chebar Ezekiel sees wheels and living beings, then the shapes of letters themselves begin to teach what he saw.
