Holy Land

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Explore 4,923 Jewish texts related to the theme of Holy Land, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Death of Joshua and Moses

Book of Jasher Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

The Sefer haYashar, or Book of Jasher, a collection of Jewish legends and lore, gives us a glimpse. Chapter 87 opens with a divine instruction. "At that time the Lord said to Moses...

Covenant of Joshua of Moses

Book of Jasher Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

The story continues, of course! And today, we're diving into Chapter 88 of the Book of Jasher to see what happened as the Israelites finally entered the Promised Land under the lea...

Joshua in Battle

Book of Jasher Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

And in Chapter 89, we find just such a song, bursting with praise and recounting God's powerful deliverance. "Then spoke Joshua this song," the text begins, "on the day that the Lo...

Edom in Battle

Book of Jasher Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

The Book of Jasher, an ancient text referenced in the Bible itself (Joshua 10:13, 2 Samuel 1:18), offers some fascinating glimpses. to Chapter 90 and see what's unfolding. The chap...

Adonibezek's Legacy

Book of Jasher Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

We read about the conquest of Canaan in the Book of Joshua, but the story doesn't quite end there. The Book of Jasher, a non-canonical Jewish text that fills in some of the gaps in...

Avot DeRabbi Natan 7

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Aggadah

JOSEPH B. JOḤANAN OF JERUSALEM SAID: LET YOUR HOUSE BE OPENED WIDE, AND LET THE POOR BE MEMBERS OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD; AND TALK NOT MUCH WITH A WOMAN.LET YOUR HOUSE BE OPENED WIDE. Wha...

Avot DeRabbi Natan 28

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Aggadah

R. Nathan said: There is no love like the love for the Torah, no wisdom like the wisdom of the land of Israel,1So MSS. and GRA; V, ‘worldly affairs’. no beauty like the beauty of J...

Targum Jonathan on Exodus 19

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Aggadah

In the third month of the Exodus of the sons of Israel from the land of Mizraim, on that day, the first of the month, came they to the desert; for they had journeyed from Rephidim,...

Targum Jonathan on Leviticus 11

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Aggadah

And the Lord spake with Mosheh and with Aharon, bidding them and the sons of Aharon admonish the children of Israel to taste their food in purity, and to separate on account of unc...