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Aaron and the Golden Calf
Aaron's Death
The death of the High Priest, Aaron, is discussed in Numbers 20:23-29 and Deuteronomy 10:6.
Abel's Sacrifice
Abraham and Sodom
Abraham and the Angels
Abraham and the Hittites
Abraham and the Kings
Abraham in Egypt
Abraham in Ur Kasdim and his Departure from There
Appointment of Judges for The Generation of the Desert
Azazel
Balaam's Prophecy
Binding of Isaac
The Binding of Isaac is a story found in Genesis 22, in which God commands Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac. Abraham journeys with Isaac to the designated mountain and prepares. As Abraham grabs the knife, an angel of God calls out to him and instructs him not to sacrifice his son. Instead, Abraham sees a ram and sacrifices that instead. The story has inspired generations of analysis and commentary and is traditionally read on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.
Blessing of Levi
Borrowing the Property during the Exodus from Egypt
Burning Bush
The "burning bush" refers to a story in the book of Exodus in which Moses, while shepherding in the desert, encounters a bush that is burning but not consumed by fire and turns to examine it. God speaks to Moses from the bush, instructing him to return to Egypt to help take the people of Israel out of there.
Cain's Sacrifice
Complaints in the Desert
Conquest and Division
Initial actions in the Land of Israel.
Conquest of Jericho
Constructing the Tabernacle
Counting of the Levites
Covenant of Abraham
Covenant with the Patriarchs
Creation
Stories of the world's creation appears in the first two chapters of the book of Genesis. Generations of Jewish thinkers have spilled much ink analyzing the meaning and significance of these chapters.
Creation of Heavens and Earth
Creation of Light and Luminaires
Creation of Man
Creation of Plants
Creation of Water
Creation of the Animals
Crossing the Jordan River and Setting of the Stones
David and Batsheva
David and the Ark
David and the Temple
David's Census
David's Wars
Days of Cordoning
Decree Against Sons
Egyptian decree against newborn sons.
Destruction of Babylonia
Destruction of Jerusalem
Destruction of the Land of Israel
Destruction of the Temple
The destruction of the Temple can refer to the destruction of either of the two Temples that stood in Jerusalem in the ancient period. The First Temple, built by King Solomon, as described in the book of I Kings, was destroyed in 586 BCE by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. The Second Temple, built approximately 70 years after the destruction of the first, was destroyed in 70 CE by the Roman Empire.
Donations for the Tabernacle
Eating From the Tree of Knowledge
Upon placing the first human in the garden of Eden, God immediately commands him not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, lest he die. Several verses later, in Genesis 3, after God has created Adam's counterpart, Eve, a snake convinces her to partake of the forbidden fruit, which she in turn shares with Adam. And while Adam, Eve, and the snake are not punished with death, they are punished.
Edom and the Generation of the Desert
Egyptian Exile
Egyptian Subjugation
Famine in Egypt
Flood
The biblical flood is described in the book of Genesis, chapters 6-9. In this account, God decides to destroy humanity with a flood. At God’s command, the righteous Noah builds an ark, where Noah, his family, and select animals survive the flood. Later sources analyze the story's themes, messages, and laws derived from it.
Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden features in the opening chapters of the book of Genesis. God plants the garden, causes trees to grow there, and places Adam in the garden to work and preserve it. After Eve and Adam eat forbidden fruit, God drives them out. The Garden of Eden has been the subject of analysis and discussion throughout thousands of years of the Jewish textual tradition.
Generation of Enosh
Generation of the Desert
Generation of the Dispersion
Generation of the Flood
Giving of the Torah
The giving of the Torah is an event described in Exodus 19–20 and Deuteronomy 5, in which God gives the Torah to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. Accompanied by fire, smoke, a cloud, thunder, and lightning, God commands the Ten Commandments. The event is considered a foundational moment in Jewish tradition and is celebrated on the holiday of Shavuot.
God's Blessing and Promise to Abraham
Gog and Magog
“Gog and Magog” refers to enemies of the Jewish people. Jewish texts describe how, at the dawn of a messianic era, Gog and Magog will wage war against Israel, and God will miraculously defeat them. The terms Gog and Magog first appear together in Ezekiel 38–39, where Gog is the name of a leader, and Magog is his land. In rabbinic literature, Gog and Magog are understood to be the names of two nations or one nation with two names.
Golden Calf
Shortly after the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, despairing that their leader Moses had died atop the mountain, the Israelites built and began to worship a golden calf — in direct violation of the first commandments of the Ten Commandments. The "golden calf" may refer to either the idol the Israelites built or the narrative. Upon Moses' discovery of the Israelites' grievous transgression, he smashed the tablets of the law, ground up the golden calf, and made the Israelites drink the mixture.
Hardening of the Heart
"In the Beginning of"
Inauguration of the Temple
Isaac and Rebecca
Isaac's Blessing
Isaac's Wells
Israel in Egypt
Jacob and Esau
Jacob and the Angel
Jacob and the Birthright
Jacob and the Sticks
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Jacob in Egypt
Jacob's Blessing
Jacob's Burial
Jacob's Dream
Jacob's Vow
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
The story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife, in the book of Genesis, recounts a challenging encounter for Joseph. The story lends itself to further interpretation, and texts from various genres have contributed different motivations for both Joseph and Potiphar's wife.
Joseph and the Wine Steward
Joseph in Egypt
Joseph's Blessing
Joseph's Dream
Journey in the Desert
Journey of the Ark
Journey of the Ark in the desert.
Judah's Blessing
Leviathan
The Leviathan is a giant sea creature that features in several places throughout the Jewish textual tradition. In the Bible, it is mentioned a total of six times: in the books of Isaiah, Psalms, and Job. Rabbinic literature describes how God created the Leviathan during the creation of the world and how, in a future world to come, the righteous will feast from the flesh of the Leviathan.
Magicians and the Ten Plagues
Manna
Marah
Marah, meaning bitter, was a place in the Sinai that the Israelites reached in their wandering. They couldn't drink the water there because it was bitter until Moses performed a miracle to sweeten it.
Meat in the Sinai Desert
Moses and Israel
Moses and Joseph's Coffin
Moses and the Egyptian
Moses and the Priesthood
Moses and the Tablets
Moses and the Tent of Meeting
Moses and the Torah
Moses at the Bush
Moses in Midian
Moses' Birth
Moses' Blessing
Moses' Death and Burial
Moses' Knowledge
Moses' Prayer after the Sin of the Calf
Moses' Prayer after the Sin of the Spies
Moses' Prophecy
Moses' Rebuke
Moses' Signs
Moses' Staff
Naaseh Venishma
Noah and the Ark
Noah is a biblical figure from the book of Genesis, described as the sole righteous person among a wicked generation. When God decided to flood the earth, God warned Noah and instructed him to build an ark. During the flood, Noah, his family, and representatives of every animal survived on the ark.
Noah and the Vineyard
Noah's Sacrifice
Pesach Sheni
The Second Passover offering.
Pharaoh's Dream
Pillar of Cloud
Plague of Blood
Water turning into blood was the first of ten plagues that God wrought upon the Egyptians when Pharoah refused to let the enslaved Israelites go. It is described in Exodus 7:14—24
Plague of Boils
Plague of Darkness
Darkness is the ninth of ten plagues that God wrought upon the Egyptians when Pharaoh refused to let the enslaved Israelites go. It is described in Exodus 10:21-29.
Plague of Frogs
The plague of frogs is the second of ten plagues that God wrought upon the Egyptians when Pharoah refused to let the enslaved Israelites go. It is described in Exodus 8:1-11
Plague of Hail
Hail is the seventh of ten plagues that God wrought upon the Egyptians when Pharoah refused to let the enslaved Israelites go. It is described in Exodus 9:13-35
Plague of Lice
Plague of Locusts
Plague of Pestilence (דֶּבֶר )
Plague of Wild Animals
Plague of the Firstborn
The plague of the firstborn, in which firstborn Egyptian sons died, was the last of ten plagues that God wrought upon the Egyptians when Pharoah refused to let the enslaved Israelites go. It is described throughout Exodus 11:1—12:36.
Prayer of Abraham
The Prayer of Abraham was his plea to God not to destroy the evil city of Sodom. This was a manifestation of his great loving kindness towards all people, which brought him to challenge God about His intentions there.
Prophecy of Abraham
Prophecy of the Patriarchs
Raising Up and Anointing the Tabernacle
Retributions during the Exodus from Egypt
Sacrifices in the Desert
Sin and Punishment of the Serpent
Sin of Peor
Sin of the Spies
The twelve spies feature in the books of Numbers and Deuteronomy. They were a group of leaders - one from each tribe - sent by Moses to scout the land of Canaan ahead of the Israelites arrival there. They came back reporting that the land was good, but that it was filled with giants and fearsome enemies. This prompted the Israelites to cry and complain that they did not want to enter the land. Two of the twelve spies, Joshua and Caleb, attempted to assuage their fears and remind the people of God’s commitment that the Israelites’ would enter the land.
Song of the Sea
The Song of the Sea, recorded in Exodus 15:1–18, is a song that the Israelites sang upon miraculously crossing the Red Sea. It thanks God for the redemption from slavery in Egypt and celebrates the downfall of the Egyptian oppressors. The song features prominently in Jewish liturgy as part of the daily shacharit (morning) services.
Splitting of the Red Sea
The splitting of the Red Sea is an event described in Exodus 14:1–15:21, in which God miraculously splits the sea, and the Israelites cross through on dry land. When the Egyptians try to follow the Israelites, the sea closes in on them, and they drown.
Stopping of the Sun in Gibeon
Tabernacle Inauguration
Tabernacle's Journey
Tests of Abraham
"That it was Good"
The Book of Esther
The book of Esther is one of the five megillot (scrolls), part of the section of the Hebrew Bible called Writings. It tells the story of Esther, a Jew who becomes queen of Persia and together with her cousin, Mordekhai, foils a plot of the evil Haman to destroy the Jews. To commemorate the transformation from “grief and mourning to festive joy” (9:22), Esther and Mordekhai establish the holiday of Purim. The book of Esther is read publicly in the evening and morning of Purim.
The Book of Ruth
The book of Ruth is one of the five megillot (scrolls) found in the section of the Hebrew Bible called Writings and is traditionally read on the holiday of Shavuot. It tells the story of Ruth, a widow of Moabite origin, who insists on staying with her widowed, Israelite mother-in-law, declaring “Wherever you go, I will go... your people shall be my people, and your God my God” (1:16). Ruth’s loyalty leads her to the field of her kinsman, Boaz, whom she ultimately marries. Together they have a child, who later becomes the grandfather of King David.
"The Children of the Angels"
The Copper Snake
The Exodus from Egypt
The book of Exodus recounts how, after hundreds of years of the Israelites' slavery in Egypt, God miraculously frees the people through a process of ten plagues and the splitting of the Red Sea. The Passover holiday commemorates these events, and discussing the Exodus is a focal point of the Passover seder.
The Great Assembly
The Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart
The House of David
The Davidic lineage.
The Idol of Micah
The idol of Micah refers to a story from the book of Judges, chapters 17 and 18, involving a statue and accompanying temple of a man named Micah, and the tribe of Dan's conquest of the city of Laish.
The Promise to Jacob
The Prophecy of Ezekiel
Ezekiel was a prophet who spoke from Babylonian exile during the destruction of the First Temple. He had visions about God's chariot, dry bones coming to life, a future Temple, and more. According to Jewish tradition, accounts of his visions make up the book of Ezekiel.
The Sale of Joseph
The Seven Nations
The Ten Commandments
The "Ten Commandments" or "Ten Utterances" are the group of the commandments given to the Israelites at Mount Sinai in a constitutive moment of divine revelation to all of the children of Israel. The first set of five commandments establish the rules of God's relationship with humanity, and the second set of five are between people and other people. The Ten Commandments appear twice in the Torah: first, when they are given at Sinai, in Exodus 20 and again in Deuteronomy 5, in Moses' retelling of the earlier narrative.
The Ten Plagues
In the context of the Exodus story, in which God liberates the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, God wreaks a process of ten plagues on Pharaoh and the Egyptians as Pharaoh repeatedly refuses to let the Israelites go. The Ten Plagues, which appear in Exodus chapters 7 through 12, are: water turned to blood, frogs, lice, wild animals, pestilence of livestock, boils, hail, locusts, darkness, and death of the firstborn. They are recounted and discussed as part of the Passover seder.
The Ten Tribes
The Tree of Knowledge
The tree of knowledge is a tree that features in the opening chapters of the book of Genesis. God causes the tree to grow in the Garden of Eden, and commands Adam not to eat from it, lest he die. In the following chapter, Eve, following the enticing of a snake, notices the desirable qualities of a tree in the Garden. She eats from the tree's fruits and gives to Adam as well. God then calls out to Adam, and describes consequences that the snake, Eve, and Adam will each face as a result of their actions.
The Tree of Life
The Waters of Meribah
Meribah is a place mentioned in the books of Exodus and Numbers. In one story in Exodus, the Israelites complain about a lack of water. God instructs Moses to hit a rock; Moses does, and water comes out. The place is then called Massah and Meribah, commemorating the incident. In a similar story described in Numbers, God instructs Moses to take his staff and talk to a rock after the Israelites complain about a lack of water. Moses hits the rock twice and water comes out. God then tells Moses and Aaron that they will not enter Israel, and refers to the water as "water of Meribah."
The Wood Gatherer
The Worship of Molekh
The Torah singles out the worship of Molekh as particularly abhorrent to God. While the Torah verses clearly state that it involves giving one's child to the deity in a forbidden ritual, later interpreters debate what the ritual actually was, whether it was actual child sacrifice or merely the passing of one's child through fire as a means of dedication.
Tower of Babel
The Tower of Babel refers to a narrative presented in Genesis 11:1-9. The story describes how people attempted to build a city and tower, the top of which would reach the sky. God confounds their speech and scatters them, ending the project. The story has been the subject of much analysis and discussion throughout thousands of years of the Jewish textual tradition.
Tribes
The sons of Jacob, founders of the tribes.
Twelve Tribes
War with Amalek
War with Midian
Warnings about the Ten Plagues
Well in the Desert

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