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It’s a mystical land inhabited by the Sons of Moses, and it’s a vision of communal harmony that's been whispered about for centuries. Ginzberg, in his Legends of the Jews, paints a...
I'm not talking about missing a concert – I mean sleeping for decades and waking up to a world completely transformed. The Talmud (Ta'anit 69b) tells us of several people who exper...
Let’s talk about Jeremiah. We all know the prophet. The one who warned Judah of its impending doom, the “weeping prophet” who saw the Babylonian exile coming. But what happened aft...
Daniel was off doing who-knows-what, probably advising some other royal, and Nebuchadnezzar, in his infinite wisdom (or lack thereof), decided everyone needed to worship a giant id...
The book of Ezekiel gives us some potent imagery. And Jewish tradition, ever eager to fill in the gaps, expands on the story. to a fascinating, if somewhat gruesome, tale of resurr...
And the Jewish tradition has some pretty incredible answers. According to the Legends of the Jews, when the Jews returned to Jerusalem under Ezra's leadership to rebuild the Temple...
According to the Legends of the Jews, his zeal and effectiveness in spreading the teachings of the Torah were legendary. It was said that if Moses hadn't come first, Ezra would hav...
The legends certainly suggest it. Take Ezra, for example. He wasn't just a scribe, not just a leader bringing the Torah back to life after the Babylonian exile. He was, according t...
It turns out, some pretty incredible stories lie behind even the most familiar phrases. Let's talk about the Shmoneh Esrei (שמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵי), the Eighteen Benedictions, also known ...
