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The Torah touches on this in the Brit Bein Habetarim (ברית בין הבתרים), the Covenant Between the Pieces, in Genesis 15. But the story doesn't end there. The Legends of the Jews fil...
Abraham knew that feeling well. Before he was Avraham Avinu, our father Abraham, before the brit bein ha-betarim—the covenant of the pieces—he was just a man with a promise and a p...
But the story, as often happens, is richer and more nuanced than we might initially think. The Torah tells us that thirteen years after Ishmael's birth, God commanded Abraham to pe...
The stories we hear about Sodom in the Torah only scratch the surface. Jewish tradition paints a truly horrifying picture of this infamous city and its sister, Gomorrah. According ...
The Legends of the Jews, that monumental work by Rabbi Louis Ginzberg, compiles and retells a vast collection of stories from the Talmud, Midrash, and other sources. It's a treasur...
We often hear those names as symbols of ultimate depravity, but sometimes the stories that illustrate that depravity get lost in the mists of time. It wasn't just about abstract si...
We all know the story. The wicked city, the angels disguised as travelers, the impending doom. But have you ever stopped to consider just how far gone the people of Sodom were? Acc...
But even he wasn't setting a great example. You see, according to tradition, a man should be ready to risk everything to protect his wife and daughters. But Lot? Well, he was willi...
According to Jewish tradition, the inhabitants of Sodom and the other cities of the plain suffered the ultimate loss: not only their lives in this world, but also their portion in ...
