Faith in Jewish Mythology

124 myths · Page 5 of 5

Emunah, the Jewish concept of faith and trust in God, from Abraham's binding of Isaac to the martyrs who died with the Shema on their lips.
Myth 6 min

Canaanites Chopped the Trees and God Waited Forty Years

When Canaan heard Israel was coming, axes rose against every orchard. God turned the people into the desert and let the land relearn how to grow.

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Myth 5 min

Jonathan Holds Still Until Enemy Horses Collapse

The horses kept coming. Jonathan told his people not to charge. They stood until the animals spent themselves and began to fail.

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Myth 5 min

Abraham the Wall, Rebecca Among the Thorns

Abraham holds firm in Nimrod's furnace and names himself a wall. Generations later Rebecca keeps clean among the swindlers of Padan Aram.

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Parshat Beshalach 6 min

The Ten Songs of History and Who Dared to Sing First

History is scored by ten great songs. At the split sea, angels and Israel raced to sing first, and one mortal voice set the melody.

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