36 myths · Page 2 of 2
Heretics asked Rabbi Simlai how many gods made the world and pointed at two plurals in Joshua. He set his palm on the open scroll.
A student skips the simple passages for flashier law until the Sifrei warns that empty Torah is empty only because he emptied it.
Summoned before Rome's ruler and governor, Rabbi Akiva flings a fortune in medicine to the pigs and shows why God left the world unfinished.
In seven palaces of fire the chariots pass the sanctus upward, but the whole burning host must wait in silence until Israel sings the first note.
Rabbi Yishmael asked how angels keep their footing where there is no ground. Akiva answered with a bridge, then with numbers that would not end.
Et (את) marks the object of a Hebrew verb. Shimon HaAmsoni read every et as an inclusion until fear of God left nothing else to add.
