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 and the Angels of Egypt

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That's the image we get when we delve into the tales surrounding MOSES and his encounters with the heavenly host. According to Legends of the Jews, when MOSES was released by the a...

Moses: Aaron at the Dawn of Creation

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"What! Is our sorrow not great enough, burdened as we are by those who have suffered in Egypt from the very beginning? Must you add more to the land?" Can you imagine Aaron saying ...

Moses's Miracle and Serah

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The Torah tells us that Moses gathered the elders and performed miracles to prove his divine appointment. But according to the Legends of the Jews, as retold by Rabbi Louis Ginzber...

Aaron: Moses and the Dreamer

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Oh no, that would be far too simple. According to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of the Jews, at every single entrance stood two massive lions. Lions! Terrifying. These weren't yo...

Trial of Pharaoh

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And the story of his confrontation with God, as told in Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg), is a masterclass in divine clapback. Pharaoh, the most powerful ruler on earth, puffed up wi...

Death of Moses and Israelites

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Pharaoh, utterly unmoved by Moses and Aaron's plea to let the people go, didn't just say no. He doubled down. On the very day of that fateful audience, he issued a decree. The Isra...

Kingdom of Moses of Aaron

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That feeling, that impossible tension, isn’t new. The Israelites felt it acutely during their enslavement in Egypt, and their frustration boiled over in a truly heartbreaking way. ...

Moses and the Dreamer of Egypt

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Our tradition is full of stories about people grappling with the divine, sometimes even arguing with God! And those moments, those messy, human moments, often reveal profound truth...

Splitting of the Sea and Abraham

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The guy who parted the Red Sea, received the Ten Commandments. But even Moses had his moments of doubt. There’s this fascinating passage in Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg, t...