367 myths · Page 13 of 13
A convert argues that a coat and a meal are poor rewards for crossing into the covenant. A rabbi fires back with Jacob's own bargain on a stone.
Kabbalists read the first word of the Torah and find Israel inside it, planted there before light existed or water divided.
Rabbi Ishmael passed through seven guarded palaces to stand before the throne of glory. When he returned, the Patriarchs declared a day of rejoicing.
Noah carried Raziel's sapphire book into the ark, where its hidden light marked night and day until the waters finally fell.
A walnut holds its sweetness behind three layers of bitterness. The universe works the same way. The mother bird sent away is the Shekhinah learning to wait.
At 132, Naphtali told his children he was leaving no silver and no gold. What he left instead was one commandment he called the easiest thing in the world.
Eleazar sends his finest sages to Alexandria but fears no king will release men whose wisdom makes them too valuable to return.
