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The story goes way back, all the way back to Noah and the ark. You see, after the flood, Noah needed to know if the waters had receded. So, naturally, he sent out a raven. Now, rav...
Noah, his family, and all the animals are finally stepping off the ark, blinking in the sunlight, the world utterly transformed. The very first thing Noah does? He builds an altar....
It's more than just pretty colors. Jewish tradition sees that rainbow, the bow in the cloud, as a very specific promise. A promise from God. The Torah tells us that after the great...
The Torah portion of Noah certainly gives us food for thought on that subject. It's a story of survival, new beginnings...and a rather unfortunate curse. We all know the tale: the ...
He’s a figure shrouded in a bit of… well, let's call it unfortunate circumstances. Canaan, grandson of Noah, didn't exactly have an easy go of things. According to the ancient text...
According to tradition, in the year 1569 after creation, Noah himself, guided by an angel, divided the world among his three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Imagine the scene – a wor...
And according to tradition, the land wasn't exactly empty when Jacob's sons were destined to inherit it. No, no. It was provisionally granted to a whole host of Canaanite nations: ...
We all know the story. Humanity, united in language and purpose, decides to build a tower reaching to the heavens. A bit audacious, to say the least. And God, seeing this, decides ...
He wasn't just sitting idle. He was in deep conversation – but with whom? Himself? With the Divine? Then, tradition tells us, an angel appeared. Gabriel, no less! He approached Abr...
