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.
Bloodletting and Washing Hands
Aramaic
The demon [ruling over] foodstuffs is called neki’ah [clean]; the demon appointed over poverty is called nevil [folly; or, nevul, filth]. Filth on the spout of a pitcher leads to poverty. He…
The 248 Limbs of the (Male) Body
Hebrew
There are 248 limbs in the body. Thirty in the foot—six in each toe, ten in the ankle, two in the shin, five in the knee, one in the thigh, three in the hip. [There are] eleven ribs, thirty…
Tharbis, Moses’ First Wife
Tharbis was the daughter of the Ethiopian king. When she observed Moses bringing his army near the ramparts and waging battle valiantly, she admired the resourcefulness of his undertakings. Suspecting…
Laments of Eliphas and Nereus for Job
And so, after he [Eliphas] had wept with a loud wailing, he called out a royal lament while both the other kings and their troops sang in response.
Hear then the lament of…
Ezra’s Prayer for Israel’s Forgiveness
“And now I will speak out: About all humankind you know best; but I will speak out about your people, for whom I am grieved, and about your inheritance, from whom I lament, and about Israel, for…
Yael’s Prayer before Killing Sisera
And when Sisera was sleeping, Jael went out to the flock and got milk from it. And when she was milking, she said, “And now be mindful, Lord, of when you assigned every tribe or race to the earth. Did…
Vision of the Glory of God
And it came to pass when the sun was setting, and behold a smoke like that of a furnace, and the angels who had the divided portions of the sacrifice ascended from the top of the furnace…
A King with Two Sons
“Thus said the Lord of Hosts: Listen! Summon the dirge-singers, let them come” (Jer. 9:16). [ . . . ]
R. Yoḥanan said:
It is like a king who had two sons. He became angry at the first one, took a…
The Greek Way of Life
From them [the successors of Alexander the Great] came forth a sinful root, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of King Antiochus; he had been a hostage in Rome. He began to reign in the…
Mishnah Kiddushin
A woman is acquired in three ways and acquires herself in two ways.
She is acquired by money, by document, or by sexual intercourse.
By money—Beth Shammai say: By a dinar, or by the equivalent of a…