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Yet, the Jewish mystical tradition doesn't shy away from portraying God as deeply affected by the events of human history, especially the tragedies. And perhaps nowhere is this mor...
That, my friends, is the essence of this poignant tale from Legends of the Jews. The story picks up long after Moses has passed. Forty long years he served as a faithful shepherd t...
The prophet Jeremiah certainly did, and the story of his choice after the destruction of the First Temple is a powerful one. Imagine the scene: Jerusalem has fallen. The Temple is ...
It's a heartbreaking scene, filled with a profound sense of loss and the bitter sting of "I told you so." Jeremiah's grief wasn't just for the fallen city of Jerusalem, but also fo...
That was the reality for the Jews being marched into exile in Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar, that infamous king, wasn’t taking any chances. He’d conquered Jerusalem, destroyed the Temple...
Here, we learn about the not-so-neighborly behavior of the Ammonites, Moabites, Edomites, and Arabs toward the Israelites. While the Bariites—known for their compassion—didn't have...
I'm not talking about missing a concert – I mean sleeping for decades and waking up to a world completely transformed. The Talmud (Ta'anit 69b) tells us of several people who exper...
Let’s talk about Jeremiah. We all know the prophet. The one who warned Judah of its impending doom, the “weeping prophet” who saw the Babylonian exile coming. But what happened aft...
The Babylonians sacked the city, but did they get everything? Well, some say that not all the sacred objects fell into enemy hands. The prophet Jeremiah, according to tradition, ma...
