Stories From the Bible

Moses sent 12 spies to Canaan; 10 gave negative reports, causing 40 years of wandering.

Learn how Moses gave the land east of the Jordan to Reuben, Gad, and half of Manassah, on one condition.

The Wickedness of the People, The Ark, The Flood, The Flood Recedes, The Raven and the Dove, Noah Offering, The Seven Laws, Covenant with Noah

After the Great Flood, man had again begun to multiply and fill the earth. They all spoke one language and understood one another well. Then things went wrong…

The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah have come to epitomize moral depravity and cruelty.

The Covenant of Parts, one of the most important events in Jewish history, in which G-d told Abraham about the destiny of his descendants

Torah does not tell us what the tests actually were. There are actually a number of schools of thought about this. Here are some.

The parting of the Red Sea was performed by G‑d after the Exodus. The Israelites walked on dry land, and Pharaoh and the Egyptians drowned.

Jacob had twelve sons. The offspring of each these men became the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel.

The firstborn of Egypt, who held the key social and religious positions in Egyptian society, confronted the Jews, and were told: "We are preparing an offering to G-d. In four days, at the stroke of midnight, G-d will pass through Egypt in order to execute the tenth and final plague; all firstborn will die..."

Jacob and Esau, the twin sons of Isaac and Rebecca, were engaged in a power struggle throughout their lives.

The angel tries to disentangle himself from Jacob but cannot do so. He is forced to beg Jacob to let him go.

Why is the well called by Miriam’s name? And what happened to Miriam’s Well after the Jews entered the land of Israel?

The sin of the golden calf is widely regarded as one of the most disgraceful moments in Jewish history.

Moses striking the rock is among the most famous and enigmatic stories in the Torah.

The spies were tasked with going to the Promised Land and bringing back fruit and a report, which they did. Weren’t they just being honest, sharing their findings in good faith?

Young Solomon asked G‑d for “an understanding heart to judge Your people.”

Samson was a nazarite who was endowed by G‑d with herculean strength, which he used to fight the Philistines.

Ruth was a Moabite princess of very fine character, who became the great-grandmother of King David.

The reading speaks of the revelation to Ezekiel in which he saw the entire gamut of divine beings in what he describes as a “chariot."

G‑d met Moses in a burning bush, and requested that he become His messenger to take the Israelites out of Egypt.

The holiday of Rosh Hashanah has several names and themes. One of them is Yom Hazikaron, “the day of remembrance.”