Women of the Bible in Jewish Mythology

126 myths · Page 5 of 5

Women in Jewish history and legend: Miriam, Deborah, Hannah, Tamar, Hagar, Zipporah, and others named in Torah and Midrash.
Myth 5 min

He Thought Children Ended the Need for a Wife

The last son married and left. The man set one cup on the table and called the quiet rest. The second chair stayed against the wall.

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Myth 4 min

Wise-Hearted Women Spun the Tabernacle Walls

Fiber bit her palms. Goat hair became thread while men hauled gold. She was spinning the wall the Presence would enter.

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Myth 5 min

The Woman Who Claimed Her Own Passover Lamb

A woman waits for her lamb on Passover night. Sages argue whether she may stand alone for the sacrifice or only ride as a name on another household list.

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Myth 5 min

Hagar Fled Sarai and a Different Maidservant Later Walked Free

An angel found Hagar by a spring on the road to Shur and asked where she was going. The Torah gave a different servant a door that opens without a coin.

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Myth 4 min

Crowns of Egyptian Gold on Hebrew Children

The Egyptian woman opened the chest and did not look up. By morning the gold sat crooked on a sleeping child's hair, and the chest was empty.

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Myth 6 min

Serah Calls Yoav a False Father at the Gate

Yoav's engines were already against the wall. A woman on the battlements told him his own name was a lie. She asked if Torah still required a call for peace.

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