2 myths
Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Day of Judgment from across Jewish tradition.
2 myths on JewishMythology.com retell how Jewish tradition imagines day of judgment, 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.
The sage who rebuilt Judaism from ash and never bent a verdict broke down weeping over one line of Malachi, and told his students why.
A grieving judge collapses into a trance, is swept past the firmament, and shown the storehouse of unborn souls and the dated day of judgment.
