Mountains in Jewish Mythology

3 myths

Each story names the sources it was written from.

Parshat Noach 5 min

Fifteen Cubits Buried the Mountains and the Senses

Water rose fifteen cubits over every peak while Noah fed lions and worms, until the first of a new year cracked the silence.

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Myth 4 min

The Flood Gave Back One Cubit Every Four Days

Fifteen cubits above the peaks, then a slow refund. Sixty days, one cubit every four. In Av the drowned world shows its mountains again.

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Myth 7 min

When Tabor and Carmel Raced for the Torah

Tabor and Carmel uprooted themselves and quarreled on the move. God chose Sinai instead, then forced Moses off that pure peak when the calf rose below.

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