2 myths
Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Sapphire from across Jewish tradition.
2 myths on JewishMythology.com retell how Jewish tradition imagines sapphire, 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.
A sea had stood up in walls when he raised his staff. The Jordan in front of him was a morning's walk across, and God had told him he would not go over it.
Young Elazar hauls pack animals onto a roof; after years of Torah he can barely lift the cloak from his own shoulders.
