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He wasn't born a leader, that's for sure. For forty long years, he was a shepherd for his father-in-law, Jethro. And let me tell you, he was a good one! Jethro had no complaints. A...
The sun beats down, and the horizon shimmers with heat. But our journey isn't just a physical one; it's a journey into the heart of Jewish tradition. We're heading to a very specia...
There's a lot more to that thorny shrub than meets the eye. Our tradition teaches us that the choice was far from arbitrary. In fact, the humble thorn-bush, or seneh in Hebrew, was...
Some of the Jewish mystical tradition points to a pretty incredible source: the heavens themselves. Imagine Moses, not just receiving the Torah on Mount Sinai, but first journeying...
What about the really dark stuff? Well, according to Legends of the Jews, compiled by Rabbi Louis Ginzberg, Moses actually took a trip to hell. I know. Quite the field trip. The st...
Sinners, utterly prostrate, are being tortured. And not just any torture. According to Legends of the Jews, these poor souls are being lashed by two thousand scorpions. But these a...
Even MOSES himself couldn't get a straight answer. The story goes that Moses, in his insatiable quest for knowledge, posed this very question to Shamshiel, the prince of Paradise. ...
The moment Moses departed this world, a heavenly voice, a bat kol, rang out. Can you imagine the sound? It declared, "Moses, servant of the Lord, thou that art faithful in His hous...
Would you still offer that help? That’s the dilemma, in a sense, that God faces in the lead-up to the Exodus. As we learn in Legends of the Jews, God, in speaking to Moses, lays ba...
