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It wasn't just the companionship of God, or a life free from toil. According to tradition, he lost seven precious gifts – treasures that will only be restored in the Messianic Age....
We all know the story of Cain and Abel, but the repercussions, the why and how of it all... that's where the legends really get interesting. According to Legends of the Jews, Abel'...
That feeling, that ancestral weight, is something Jewish tradition understands deeply. And it all starts with Seth. After the tragic story of Cain and Abel, and after a period of s...
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 exactly smooth sailing for humanity. In fact, according to the Legends of the Jews, things got complicated pretty quickly. Even while Noah was still alive, a new world or...
Our tales are full of such figures, some righteous, some…not so much. to the story of one of the first: Nimrod. His origin is a bit unusual, right from the start. Nimrod was born t...
We know that CANAAN, son of HAM, and his descendants settled in the land. But the story goes that they didn’t exactly have permission. According to Legends of the Jews, Canaan disr...
The ancient texts tell us that after the dust settled from the battles described earlier in Legends of the Jews, Abraham was deeply troubled. He couldn't shake the thought of the i...
We read about him cutting them in half in Genesis 15, but the Torah is often frustratingly brief. It leaves us hanging, doesn't it? Well, the Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg) picks u...
