Danger in Jewish Mythology

2 myths

Each story names the sources it was written from.

Myth 4 min

Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai Left the Cave and Burned the World

They buried themselves in sand up to the neck so the cloaks would last. When they walked out, a plowed field caught fire under one look.

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Myth 6 min

The Scribe Kept Silent and the Knight Died Instead

A poor man rose to royal scribe by a maxim and a careful pen. Silence saved him from a queen's trap, and another man walked first into the death letter.

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