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Our ancestor Moses knew that feeling all too well. Imagine this: God Himself appears to you, commissioning you to lead an entire nation out of slavery. Sounds pretty epic. But Mose...
Moses certainly did. Imagine being chosen to lead an entire nation out of slavery! No wonder he had a few… questions. Moses, as we know from the Book of Exodus, wasn't exactly thri...
Moses certainly did. Imagine this: God asks you to go on a little errand. No biggie. But before you can even answer, God gives you a sneak peek – not just of the future, but of the...
Moses sure did. Imagine this: you’re tending sheep in the desert, happily married, a father. Then, BOOM! God appears in a burning bush and tells you to go liberate an entire nation...
"What! Is our sorrow not great enough, burdened as we are by those who have suffered in Egypt from the very beginning? Must you add more to the land?" Can you imagine Aaron saying ...
We all know about Aaron's rod turning into a serpent. But the why behind that miracle is According to Legends of the Jews, that amazing collection of rabbinic stories compiled by L...
The guy who parted the Red Sea, received the Ten Commandments. But even Moses had his moments of doubt. There’s this fascinating passage in Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg, t...
It wasn't just random chaos. According to Jewish tradition, there was a profound, almost poetic, justice at play. The Torah, our sacred text, often draws parallels between differen...
Ginzberg, in Legends of the Jews, presents a fascinating, almost unsettling, answer. You see, when the time for redemption drew near, fulfilling the promise to Abraham, there was a...
