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.
Biblical Prooftexts for Resurrection
So that your days will be increased (Deuteronomy 11:21)—in this world—and the days of your children (ibid.)—in the days of the Messiah—as the days of the heavens upon the earth (ibid.)—in the world to…
Limited Time in Hell
The judgment of the wicked in Gehenna lasts for twelve months, as it is said: It shall be month after month [and week after week that all flesh shall come to bow down before the Lord] (Isaiah 66:23)…
Whispering and Anointing
Hebrew
Simeon bar Ba [said] in the name of R. Ḥanina: One who “whispers” [i.e., recites an incantation] may apply oil on someone’s head and “whisper,” but only if he will not apply it with the hand or…
The Righteous Create Beings
Rava says: If the righteous wish, they can create a world, as it is written: But your iniquities have separated [you and your God] (Isaiah 59:2).
Rava created a man and sent him to R. Zeira. The…
The Binding of Isaac
56:7. And He [God] said, “Take your son, [your only son, whom you love, Isaac . . .] (Genesis 22:2). He [God] said to him [Abraham], “Take please—I beg you—your son.”
Your son—He [Abraham] said to Him…
Job’s Daughters
His [Job’s] property was brought forth and divided among his seven sons, but he did not give anything to his three daughters. Very upset, they said to him, “Father, sir, are we not also…
Moses’ Prayer for Israel’s Future Well-Being
Then Moses fell prostrate and prayed and said: “Lord my God, do not allow your people and your heritage to go along in the error of their minds, and do not deliver them into the control of the…
Isaac Blesses Jacob and Esau
[Jacob’s—Ed.] father Isaac said to him, “Come close and kiss me, my son.” He came close and kissed him. When he smelled the fragrant aroma of his clothes, he blessed him and said, “Indeed the…
Daniel’s Dream of the Four Beasts and the Son of Man
In the first year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head as he lay in bed. Then he wrote down the dream: I, Daniel, saw in my vision by night the four winds of…
Elisha ben Abuya and R. Meir
The sages taught: There was once an incident involving Aḥer, who was riding on a horse on Shabbat, and R. Meir was walking behind him to learn Torah from him. [After a while, Aḥer] said to him, “Meir…
Sarai and Pharaoh
How splendid and beautiful is the form of her face, and how . . . and fine is the hair of her head, how lovely are her eyes, how delightful is her nose, and all the radiance of her face . . . How…