3 myths
Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Parenting from across Jewish tradition.
3 myths on JewishMythology.com retell how Jewish tradition imagines parenting, drawn from the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, Talmud, Kabbalah, and later Jewish literature. Each story below synthesizes primary sources into a single narrative; follow any myth to read it, and from there into the source passages behind it.
Jacob's sons return from Egypt with impossible news. His heart splits between grief and hope until the wagons carry the sign that restores everything.
Pharaoh's officers tracked pregnancies by month. Jochebed gave birth three months early and hid Moses before the watchers' calendar said to come looking.
A man gathering firewood in the forest was dead. He burned in Gehinnom because of a shared sin, and only his son's voice in the synagogue could end it.
