Egypt

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Explore 2,514 Jewish texts related to the theme of Egypt, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Naphtali in Joseph's Time

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It's not just random. There's often a deeper meaning, a connection, a story waiting to be uncovered. to one of those pairings and see what we can find. Let's start with the tribe o...

Levi's Legacy and Levites

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We see hints of it in the way Moses was commanded to count the Levites. : for all the other tribes, only men fit for war, twenty years old and up, were numbered. But with Levi? Eve...

Manna from Heaven of Egypt

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Especially trekking through the desert! But imagine if those clothes were actually…miraculous. The Torah tells us about the Israelites wandering in the desert for forty years after...

Reuben and Adam

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We often picture them as a unified mass, but the ancient texts paint a much more vibrant, organized picture. Imagine a sea of colorful banners, each telling a story, each represent...

Shelomith's Legacy

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Consider the story of the division of the people into tribes, when they were setting up camp in the wilderness. Picture it: thousands upon thousands of people, meticulously organiz...

Trial of Moses

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We're talking about a fire so intense, so utterly divine, that it brought utter chaos, particularly amongst the tribe of Dan – and those "mixed multitude" who joined them on their ...

The Golden Calf

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After the incredible event of the Golden Calf, when Moses, in his blazing anger, shattered the first set of tablets, we read in Legends of the Jews that Moses demonstrated just how...

Moses and the Dreamer

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We often picture a triumphant march, but the reality, according to Jewish tradition, was far more complicated. It's easy to imagine them yearning for the "good old days" – even tho...

Trial of Moses and the Wilderness

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We often picture Moses as this towering figure, the man who spoke to God face-to-face and led an entire nation to freedom. But even the greatest leaders have moments of profound vu...