2 myths
Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Tithing from across Jewish tradition.
2 myths on JewishMythology.com retell how Jewish tradition imagines tithing, 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.
After the night raid that freed Lot, Abraham sorted spoil for Shem, son of Noah. Angels answered his prayer and named God his shield.
Resh Lakish's son reads the double tithe as a promise. Grapes and olives left on the vine become the poor man's open window of heaven.
