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The enemy still holds the ground, their grip seemingly unbreakable. What do you do when you've given it everything and it's still not enough? For Judah, the answer was to dig deepe...
It's far more than just a tale of sibling rivalry and Egyptian intrigue. According to the Legends of the Jews, compiled by Rabbi Louis Ginzberg, Jacob endured the hardships of his ...
The story of Joseph, as retold in Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews, opens with just that kind of primal animosity. Imagine the scene: Joseph, the favored son, approaches his brothers...
We all know the story: Joseph, the favored son, flaunts his special coat, stirs up jealousy, and ends up thrown into a pit by his brothers. But have you ever stopped to imagine the...
According to Ginzberg’s Legends of the Jews, the brothers were so consumed with malice that they decided to finish their meal before carrying out their deadly plan. A chilling deta...
to a fascinating little story from Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg, a monumental work compiling centuries of Jewish folklore and tradition. We’re talking about Joseph, of coa...
The coat of many colors, the jealousy, the betrayal... But what about those first few hours after that fateful act? According to Legends of the Jews, that amazing compilation of ra...
The scene is set: Tamar is about to be executed. Accused of infidelity, she desperately searches for the evidence that could prove her innocence – three pledges she had received fr...
That's precisely where we find Joseph, the dreamer, in a rather precarious position. He ends up in the service of Potiphar – or Poti-phera as he's sometimes known – an Egyptian pri...
