Matriarchs

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Explore 637 Jewish texts related to the theme of Matriarchs, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Death of Deborah and Jacob

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We often focus on the heroes and villains, the miracles and the wars. But what about the everyday lives of these people, the grief and the small joys that shaped them? Let's turn o...

Jacob's Vision and Rachel

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The story of Jacob at Beth-el is one of those moments. After receiving a profound revelation from God, what did Jacob do? He didn't just stand there awestruck. He acted. He set up ...

Birth of Rachel of Jacob

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The story of Rachel's burial offers a powerful glimpse into this very idea. The Torah tells us simply that Rachel died giving birth to Benjamin and was buried on the road to Ephrat...

Jacob's Legacy and Esau

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After seemingly settling things with his brother Esau, Jacob was soon to discover that the past isn't always ready to stay buried. Imagine this: Jacob, still grieving the loss of h...

Jacob's Transgression and Joseph

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It's far more than just a tale of sibling rivalry and Egyptian intrigue. According to the Legends of the Jews, compiled by Rabbi Louis Ginzberg, Jacob endured the hardships of his ...

Joseph's Vision and Dreams

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We all know the story: the coat of many colors, the dreams, the rise to power in Egypt. But what about before all that? What was Joseph really like as a teenager? According to Lege...

Joseph Among the Fathers and Passim

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The Torah, in the story of Joseph, doesn’t shy away from those very human emotions. In fact, it puts them front and center. The brothers of Joseph, you see, were seething. And it a...

Joseph's Vision and Jacob

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We all know the story of the coat, but sometimes we forget about the dreams that really kicked things off. The second dream is the real kicker. Joseph dreams that the sun, the moon...

Joseph Among the Mothers

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And it turns out, even Biblical heroes felt it too. Take Joseph, for example. You know, the guy with the coat of many colors? His story, as told in the Torah, is already But the Le...