Creation

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Explore 3,389 Jewish texts related to the theme of Creation, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Waking The Fathers

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According to Jewish tradition, it's not just about who gets in, but who gets to wake up first. Why are our patriarchs, the Avot – Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob – said to be buried in t...

The Two Messiahs

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Judaism has a rich and complex answer to that feeling, and it involves not one, but two Messiahs. That's right, two! As it says in Zechariah 4:14, they are the "two anointed dignit...

The Coming Of The Messiah

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When will the Messiah come? It's a question that has echoed through generations, a yearning whispered in synagogues and debated in yeshivas. But what if I told you the answer was… ...

The Ingathering Of The Exiles

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It’s a concept that has pulsed through the heart of Jewish longing for centuries: the return of all scattered Jewish communities to the Holy Land. Jewish tradition paints a breatht...

The Birth Of Armilus

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It’s about the birth of Armilus, a figure who looms large in Jewish messianic mythology as something akin to the Anti-Christ. The story starts in Rome. Not just any Rome, but a Rom...

Satan And The Messiah

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Jewish tradition offers some fascinating glimpses, and one particularly dramatic scene involves Satan himself getting a sneak peek at the Messiah. The story goes that even before t...

God Reprimands The Universe

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Jewish tradition, particularly in esoteric texts, grapples with this very question. Imagine a cosmic courtroom, a beth din, in the time to come. God, seated on His Throne of Justic...

The First Things Created

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It’s a question that’s captivated mystics and theologians for centuries. Our tradition offers some pretty wild and wondrous answers! According to Legends of the Jews, that incredib...

The Alphabet

Ginzberg Vol. 1 Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg)

There's a wild story in Jewish tradition that explains exactly why, involving a heavenly court, a lot of pleading, and even a little bit of divine disappointment. The Legends of th...