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It's not just mourning and a coronation, you know. Sometimes, there's a little unfinished business to take care of. And in the case of King Solomon, that unfinished business came i...
We're diving back into Solomon's reign, drawing from Ginzberg's masterful "Legends of the Jews," specifically volume 5, and it involves a moral quandary with very high stakes. This...
The story comes to us courtesy of Ginzberg's masterful retelling in Legends of the Jews, drawing from the wellspring of Jewish tradition. The air is thick with unspoken accusations...
Solomon, David's son and successor, has given the order. But Joab, ever the strategist, isn't going down without a fight. He makes a plea to Benaiah, the man tasked with carrying o...
It all starts, as many good stories do, with a bit of boasting. Asmodeus, the king of demons, challenged Solomon, saying that even with all his famed wisdom, there were things Solo...
King Solomon, with his legendary wisdom, knew how to untangle even the most complex lies. We see this in one particular story recounted in Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg. It...
The ancient stories are full of that kind of energy. And no one knew it better than King Solomon, the wisest of all men. Imagine Solomon, holding court, his legendary wisdom radiat...
It wasn't just priests and pilgrims who showed up to admire Solomon's handiwork. According to the Legends of the Jews, rulers from all over the world flocked to Jerusalem, drawn by...
Forget your gavels and stern judges. Imagine something far more… theatrical. The image comes to us from Legends of the Jews, that incredible compilation of rabbinic lore put togeth...
