Eyes in Jewish Mythology

1 myth

Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Eyes from across Jewish tradition.

What does Eyes mean in Jewish mythology?

Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Eyes from across Jewish tradition.

1 myth on JewishMythology.com retell how Jewish tradition imagines eyes, 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.

Parshat Vayechi 6 min

Matia ben Heresh Burns Out His Eyes Against Satan's Temptation

Satan built a face no man could resist and set it in the rabbi's doorway, so Matya took white-hot nails and burned out his own eyes.

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