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.
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…
Tosefta Menaḥot
6. Torah regards intention as stronger than action in cases of sacrifice and action as stronger than intention in cases of sacrifice. How is intention stronger than action in cases of sacrifice? One…
Mekhilta de-Rabbi Simeon bar Yoḥai
If one strikes a man [and he dies, he shall surely be put to death] (Exodus 21:12). I only know from this about one who strikes a man. How does one know from…
Introductory Summary of the Period
When Joshua dismissed the people, the Israelites went to their allotted territories and took possession of the land. The people served the Lord during the lifetime of Joshua and the lifetime of the…
The Fall of the Southern Kingdom of Judah
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; his mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. He did what was…
Jonah
The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: Go at once to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim judgment upon it; for their wickedness has come before Me.
Jonah, however, started…
Sexual Morality
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the Israelite people and say to them:
I the Lord am your God. You shall not copy the practices of the land of Egypt where you dwelt, or of the land of…
Civil and Domestic Life
A woman must not put on man’s apparel, nor shall a man wear woman’s clothing; for whoever does these things is abhorrent to the Lord your God.
If, along the road, you chance upon a bird…
Jerusalem’s Ideal Future
The word that Isaiah son of Amoz prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
In the days to come,
The Mount of the Lord’s House
Shall stand firm above the mountains
And tower above the hills;
And…