Simplicity in Jewish Mythology

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Temimut, the virtue of wholeness and sincerity in Jewish thought: walking simply before God, as Abraham was commanded.

What does Simplicity mean in Jewish mythology?

Temimut, the virtue of wholeness and sincerity in Jewish thought: walking simply before God, as Abraham was commanded.

1 myth on JewishMythology.com retell how Jewish tradition imagines simplicity, 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.

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Abel Was the First Man Blessed by the Lord -- What That Cost Him

Eve named her son Abel because life was vapor. His murder was the first crime on the heavenly tablets. His blessing reached all the way to the patriarchs.

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