Temple

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Explore 2,097 Jewish texts related to the theme of Temple, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

The Exile From Eden

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Not just on Earth, but in this state of… well, existence. Fraught with hard work, pain, and ultimately, mortality? The story of the exile from Eden, found in Genesis 3:1-24, tries ...

God Divorced Adam

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Did you ever think about the exile from Eden as… a divorce? It sounds a little strange, I know. We tend to think of Adam and Eve's expulsion from the Garden as a punishment, a seve...

Strange Fire

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There's a story in the Torah, a rather unsettling one, about two brothers, Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, and it's been echoing through Jewish tradition for millennia. We find...

The Spirit Of Idolatry

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Sort of. Picture this: the Temple in Jerusalem is in ruins. The people are devastated. According to Nehemiah 9:4, they cry out to Yahweh, their God, in anguish. "Woe, woe!" they la...

The Creation Of The Messiah

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Some traditions suggest the answer is a resounding yes! They paint a picture of the Messiah existing even before creation itself. Imagine this: before the sun, moon, and stars were...

The Birth Of The Messiah

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Imagine, before the universe even existed, before the stars twinkled into being, there was an idea. A seed of hope. That idea, that seed, was the Messiah. It’s a powerful thought, ...

The Scales Of The Messiah

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And some of their answers… well, they're One fascinating myth, collected orally and preserved in Howard Schwartz’s Tree of Souls, tells us that the Messiah was actually created at ...

The Requirements Of The Messiah

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What does it truly mean for the Messiah to come? What would be required? We often hear about the miraculous, the earth-shattering changes that the arrival of Mashiach – the Messiah...

A Messianic Prophecy

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This one comes to us from a letter written in the fall of 1665 by Nathan of Gaza, the prophet of Shabbatai Zevi, a figure who stirred up messianic fervor like few others. It's a vi...