History

4 texts

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

The Cloud of Black and Bright Waters Over the World

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

A cloud rose from a vast sea. Baruch watched it ascend — enormous, churning, filled with waters both black and bright, shot through with colors, and crowned at its summit by a bolt...

(II Chronicles 24 — 25) "and when they left him (Yoash)—for

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael

The Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael cites a devastating passage from (II Chronicles 24:25) to illustrate the consequences of shedding innocent blood. The verse describes the downfall of ...

A husband inherits from his wife

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Aggadah

"A husband inherits from his wife." From where do we learn this? Learn it from “And he shall inherit it,” (Numbers 27:11) with the word “it” written in the feminine “otah,” which c...

The history of the man in Laodicaea who grew immensely

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Aggadah

The history of the man in Laodicaea who grew immensely rich, because he left everything best for the Sabbath. He treated R. Hiya to a meal served on silver and gold trays.