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He doesn't just offer condolences. He asks God for permission to personally prepare Adam's body for burial. for a second. The head honcho angel, requesting to handle this deeply hu...
We're going way back, past reality TV, to the dawn of humanity, to explore the birth of Cain. The Talmud (Eruvin 18b) tells us that there were ten generations from Adam to Noah. Wh...
Enosh, you see, was put in a rather awkward spot. People kept asking him about his lineage. No problem. "My father is Seth." Okay, then: "And who was the father of Seth?" Enosh rep...
According to tradition, the descent into depravity that started with Enosh, the grandson of Adam, really kicked into high gear during the time of his grandson Jared. And who was to...
According to Legends of the Jews, Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah, experienced not just one, but two ascensions to heaven! The first time, Enoch was still living amongst human...
It wasn't just one thing, of course. But according to our sages, two sins in particular stand out when describing the generation that was ultimately destroyed: unchastity and greed...
Think about Noah for a second. The flood survivor, the righteous man who saved humanity and all the animals. In many ways, he was considered pious, a paragon of virtue. But accordi...
It involves Noah, freshly off the ark, and a very persuasive Satan. Noah, according to this legend found in Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg, decides to plant a vineyard. A no...
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: ...
