Sample Sources
The sources below are those contained in our three curated collections—covering themes of Passover, Gender Roles, and Holocaust Resistance. They represent a fraction of the thousands of sources that will be available when the full site launches in 2024.
Job’s Suffering
[Pharaoh said:] Come, let us deal wisely with him [the Israelites—Ed.], [lest he multiply, and it come to pass that when there befalls us any war, he will also join our enemies and fight against us…
David’s Prayer for Deliverance
Spoken by David After Fighting Against the Lion and the Wolf Which Took Sheep from His Flocks.
O God, O God, come to my help;
assist me and save me;
and deliver me from the killers.
Shall I…
Abraham Blesses Jacob
Then he summoned Jacob into the presence of his mother Rebekah, kissed him, blessed him, and said, “My dear son Jacob whom I myself love, may God bless you from above the firmament. May he give…
Nebuchadnezzar Dreams of Four Great Empires
“You were looking, O king, and lo! there was a great statue. This statue was huge, its brilliance extraordinary; it was standing before you, and its appearance was frightening. The head of that…
The Four Who Entered Pardes
The sages taught: Four entered the orchard [pardes], and they are as follows: Ben Azzai; and ben Zoma; Aḥer, [the “other,” a name for Elisha ben Abuya]; and R. Akiva. R. Akiva, [the senior among them…
The Conception of Noah
And then I thought to myself, “The pregnancy is from the Watchers, and the seed is from the Holy Ones and of the Nephilin,”a and my mind was greatly disturbed on account of this child. [blank] Then…
Mishnah Berakhot
One who was reading [the verses of the Shema‘ recitation] in the Torah and the time for reciting [the Shema‘] arrived, if he directed his heart [‘im kiven libo; i.e., had the proper…
Mishnah Zevaḥim
1:4. For a sacrifice can be disqualified in [any one of] the four elements [of the ritual]: slaughtering, receiving, carrying, and sprinkling. R. Simeon declares it valid if carried [with the wrong…
Yerushalmi Kiddushin
R. Ḥizkiyah, R. Cohen said in the name of Rav: In the future [world to come], a man will have to give an account for every good thing that his eyes saw and he did not taste [i.e., every good thing he…
Leviticus Rabbah on Peace
R. Simeon ben Yoḥai said: Great is peace, for the entirety of the blessings are included in it. May the Lord give strength to His people. May the Lord bless His people with peace (Psalm 29:11)…
The Death of Jonathan and the Rise of Simon
Now when Trypho learned what had befallen Demetrius [that he had lost his entire army and been captured by the Parthians], he no longer supported Antiochus but began…
Herod Takes Jerusalem
When the storm died down, he advanced on Jerusalem and marched his army right up to the walls on what was coincidentally the third anniversary of his proclamation as king in…