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It’s a question our sages grappled with, and their answers are, well, breathtaking. to Sifrei Devarim, a collection of early rabbinic legal interpretations on the Book of Deuterono...
It talks about being "mezei with hunger and embattled by reshef." What does that even mean? The text interprets "mezei with hunger" as being so desperately hungry that you’re pract...
The Book of Jubilees, a text considered scripture by some but not included in the standard Jewish or Christian Bibles, fills in gaps in the Genesis story. It's like the director's ...
The Book of Jubilees, an ancient Jewish text that expands on the stories in Genesis and Exodus, gives us a glimpse of just such a time. It’s a breathtaking vision of the future, on...
Jubilees, in its 40th chapter, paints a picture of Joseph that goes beyond the familiar story of the coat of many colors and the dreams. It tells us, "for he walked in uprightness,...
This wasn't just a fleeting moment of goodwill; the Book of Jubilees specifies that this harmony lasted for "ten weeks of years" – seventy years in total – all the days of Joseph's...
A world without evil. Sounds pretty good. The Book of Jubilees, a text from around the 2nd century BCE, paints just such a picture. It's not part of the standard Hebrew Bible, but ...
The people of Bethulia certainly did. Their city was under siege, their water supply dwindling, and their morale...well, let's just say it wasn't great. But in the midst of this de...
Today, let’s zoom in on Sarah. Imagine being a young woman, full of hope and dreams, ready to build a life with someone you love. Now imagine that dream turning into a nightmare, n...
