Creation

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Explore 3,406 Jewish texts related to the theme of Creation, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Manna from Heaven and Sihon

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The ancient Israelites did something similar with manna, that miraculous food from heaven. As the story goes, they sang a song not to the manna, but to the well that accompanied th...

Joshua's Miracle and Moses

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The weight of that moment, the sheer magnitude of the loss... it's almost unbearable to contemplate. According to Legends of the Jews, when Joshua heard the words of Moses, words e...

Joshua: Moses at the Dawn of Creation

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That’s kind of how the Jewish tradition sees things. And nowhere is this more apparent than in the transition of leadership from Moses to Joshua. It's a powerful moment, heavy with...

Moses in Battle and Talk

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We all know the story: Moses, leader of the Israelites, led them through the desert for forty years, practically dragging them kicking and screaming toward the Promised Land. But h...

Covenant of Moses and Akraziel

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That’s a glimpse into the struggle of Moses, as his life drew to a close. The story goes that God, having decreed that Moses would not cross the Jordan into the Promised Land, then...

Birth of Moses and Thou

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He had led the Israelites through unimaginable hardship, pleaded with God on their behalf countless times, and witnessed miracles beyond comprehension. Yet, when he faltered, the h...

Death of Moses and Egyptian

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It might sound sacrilegious, but the great Moses, our teacher, apparently did. And the conversation, as recorded in Legends of the Jews, is fascinating. According to Ginzberg's ret...

Covenant of Moses of Jordan

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He led the Israelites through the desert for forty long years, endured hardship after hardship, and finally, finally, the Promised Land was within sight. But he wasn't going to be ...

Moses's Prayer

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He'd been praying, begging, trying everything he could to change God's decree that he wouldn't enter the Promised Land. But it wasn't working. And that's when, as Legends of the Je...