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Jewish tradition has some fascinating ideas. According to Legends of the Jews, in the afterlife, the sixth division is reserved for those who died while performing a pious act, a m...
It wasn't always this way! According to the legends, these creatures weren’t born rivals. Their animosity, like so much else in this world, has a story, a reason... or rather, seve...
He noticed the fox was missing. "Where's that sly one?" he probably grumbled. He soon found out the fox had cleverly avoided the census. Annoyed, Leviathan sent out some big, stron...
Not literally, of course. But according to Jewish tradition, everything – absolutely everything – is constantly offering praise to the Creator. It's a beautiful idea, isn't it? Tha...
It all comes down to ten little words. Or rather, ten Sayings. According to the sages, God created the world with Ten Utterances. Ten divine pronouncements that brought everything ...
It’s not all harps and halos, let me tell you. Some of them… well, they weren’t exactly thrilled with the idea. According to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of the Jews, there were...
Jewish tradition offers some fascinating, and frankly, pretty intense ideas about what awaits us on the other side. Let's take a peek. Imagine this: evening falls. Not just any eve...
The animals came to him two by two, male and female, but he had no companion. So, what did the Divine do? According to the legends, God decided to give Adam a wife. Enter Lilith. U...
It goes way back. Way, way back to the Garden of Eden, and a story that's less about apples and more about blame. : Adam takes a bite of the forbidden fruit, and what's his first m...
