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The day after a previous, unspecified battle – because life in the ancient world was pretty much one battle after another. – our heroes arrived at Sartan. Now, Sartan wasn't just a...
It's far more than just a tale of sibling rivalry and Egyptian intrigue. According to the Legends of the Jews, compiled by Rabbi Louis Ginzberg, Jacob endured the hardships of his ...
We all know the story: the coat of many colors, the dreams, the rise to power in Egypt. But what about before all that? What was Joseph really like as a teenager? According to Lege...
Jacob, bless his heart, sends young Joseph off to check on his brothers and the flocks. But before he does, he gives Joseph a very specific instruction: travel only by daylight. Wh...
The coat of many colors, the jealousy, the betrayal... But what about those first few hours after that fateful act? According to Legends of the Jews, that amazing compilation of ra...
Jewish tradition understands this deeply, acknowledging that while time can heal the wound of death, the absence of someone vanished, someone still living, leaves a different kind ...
Can you imagine being the last to know? The very last? And about something so monumental, so life-altering? That was Jacob. Everyone else in his close family knew that Joseph was a...
It wasn't just the unbearable pain of losing a child. Jacob's situation was, as these stories often are, layered with complexities, with promises and spiritual anxieties. See, Jaco...
We pick up the story after some tragic events, chronicled in Genesis 38. Tamar, already twice widowed to Judah's sons, finds herself in a difficult position. According to the laws ...
