Chariots in Jewish Mythology

1 myth

Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Chariots from across Jewish tradition.

What does Chariots mean in Jewish mythology?

Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Chariots from across Jewish tradition.

1 myth on JewishMythology.com retell how Jewish tradition imagines chariots, 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.

Parshat Terumah 6 min

Eleven Goats' Hair Curtains and the Sky That Emptied Over Sinai

The Tabernacle's eleven goats' hair curtains mirror eleven heavens, and at Sinai those heavens emptied as fiery chariots came down with God.

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