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 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…
Mishnah Pe’ah
These are things that have no fixed measure: pe’ah, firstfruits, the festival offering, acts of kindness, and the study of the Torah.
These are things the profits of which man consumes in this world…
Mishnah Ḥullin
1. All meat is forbidden to be cooked with milk, except for the meat of fish and locusts. And it is forbidden to put it on the table with cheese, except for the meat of fish and locusts. One who vows…
Bavli Berakhot
Ben Azzai said: I once entered a bathroom after R. Akiva, and I learned three things from his [behavior]: I learned that one should not defecate [while facing] east and west, but…
Leviticus Rabbah on “Leprosy”
6. It is written: [When you come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession,] and I put the plague of leprosy [in a house of the land of your possession] (Leviticus 14:34). R. Ḥiyya…
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…