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That’s the feeling I get when I read about the prophets Eldad and Medad. Their story, as retold in Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews, is a fascinating little corner of Jewish propheti...
Imagine that – one voice, heard by everyone! Why? Because God knew that one day, someone would come along claiming to be a god, leading many astray. God, in His wisdom, amplified B...
Phinehas, you might recall, was the grandson of Aaron, the High Priest. He's known for his decisive action against those who brazenly defied God’s laws (Numbers 25). But the story ...
Moses, our great leader, actually got a glimpse of that. According to Legends of the Jews, a collection of stories compiled by Rabbi Louis Ginzberg, Moses had a special request of ...
The Torah says God showed Moses the land, but the Legends of the Jews fills in the blanks with breathtaking detail. Imagine this: God, pointing to the land, says, "'This is the lan...
It's easy to think they were simply rejecting God's rule, but the story is more nuanced than that. According to some accounts, it wasn't the desire for a leader that upset Samuel a...
He wasn't just anyone; he was the servant of the prophet Elisha. A position of immense privilege. But Gehazi, it seems, had a fatal flaw: he was, shall we say, a little too interes...
The story of Gehazi, the servant of the prophet Elisha, offers a fascinating glimpse into just such a situation. Gehazi, you see, wasn't exactly keen on sharing his master's wisdom...
Now, we're not talking about a few stray soldiers. We're talking biblical proportions. Ginzberg, in his Legends of the Jews, paints a picture of an army unmatched in history, rival...
