Joseph

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Explore 2,042 Jewish texts related to the theme of Joseph, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Moses: The Burning Bush

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We often think of the burning bush, the plagues, the parting of the Red Sea. But what about the years before all that? Ginzberg, in his Legends of the Jews, paints a fascinating pi...

Balaam and Noah

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We often think of Balaam as the sorcerer hired to curse the Israelites, and Jannes and Jambres as the magicians who opposed Moses in Pharaoh’s court, but they had lives, families, ...

Ethiopia: Giving of the Torah

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We know the story of the Exodus, the parting of the Red Sea, and the giving of the Torah at Sinai. But what about those missing years? Jewish tradition is filled with fascinating s...

Moses Among the Fathers and Jethro

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The tale begins when Moses, at the ripe old age of 67, leaves Ethiopia. Ginzberg, in Legends of the Jews, tells us this was the moment divinely appointed to liberate Israel from th...

Moses in Joseph's Time and Jethro

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to a fascinating moment in the life of Moses, a moment tinged with both humility and a hint of the miraculous. You remember Moses. The future leader, still on the run after that… i...

Zipporah in Paradise

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It's more than just a walking stick; it's a relic brimming with divine power and a lineage that stretches back to the very dawn of creation. According to legend, this extraordinary...

Giving of the Torah and Jethro

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Here's Moses, destined to lead the Israelites out of slavery, to receive the Torah – the first five books of the Hebrew Bible – at Mount Sinai. Yet, according to tradition, he wasn...

Kingdom of Moses and Jethro

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Maybe you're facing a challenge that seems insurmountable, a situation where you feel utterly trapped. Well, let me tell you a story about a literal pit and how someone climbed out...

Marriage of Zipporah

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According to Legends of the Jews, Jethro, Zipporah's father, gave Moses considerable wealth and his daughter's hand in marriage. But there was a condition. Jethro, a Midianite prie...