Cities in Jewish Mythology

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

What does Cities mean in Jewish mythology?

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

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

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When a Spring Chose Lives Over City Laundry

A spring at a Levite city gate ran cold enough to hurt the teeth. Rabbi Yose ruled the city's wash beat a stranger's thirst, since dirt breeds scab and fever.

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