Eyes in Jewish Mythology

1 myth

The story names the sources it was written from.

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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