270. Lilith the Witch
271. Lilith and Elijah
272. Lilith Flees from the Apparition of Eve
Vampires, Spirits, Dybbuks, and Demons
273. The Spirits of the Sixth Day
274. The Vampire Demon
275. An Evil Demoness
276. The Widow of Safed
277. Demonic Doubles
278. The Underworld
279. When a Man Dies
The History of Gehenna
280. The Creation of Gehenna
281. The Prince of Gehenna
282. The History of Gehenna
283. The Openings of Gehenna
284. The Landscape of Gehenna
285. The Scorpions of Gehenna
286. The Bridge over Gehenna
287. The Darkness of Gehenna
288. The Light of Gehenna
289. The Punishment of Korah
290. The Inhabitants of Gehenna
291. The Fate of the Soul
292. The Punishments of Gehenna
293. The Fate of Slanderers
294. Sabbath in Gehenna
295. Gehenna Seething
296. The Size of Gehenna
297. The Gates of Gehenna
298. The Door to Gehenna
299. The Gatekeeper of Gehenna
300. The Messiah in Hell
301. The Sabbath Resurrection
302. The Ashes of Sinners
303. Purified Souls
304. How the Dead See the Dead
Book Five Myths of the Holy Word
The Letters of the Alphabet
305. Creation by Word
306. Two Worlds
307. The Primordial Language
308. The Creation of the Torah
309. Creation by the Torah
310. The Letters of the Alphabet
311. Creation by Letters
312. The Shining Letters
The Primordial Torah
313. The Torah Written on the Arm of God
314. God’s Original Plan
315. The Book of Raziel
316. Creating New Heavens and a New Earth
317. God’s Warning
318. The Light of the Torah
319. The Betrothal of the Torah
320. The Vestment of the Shekhinah
321. The Letters and the Burning Bush
God Offers the Torah to Israel
322. The Angels and the Giving of the Torah
323. The Quarrel of the Mountains
324. The Necklace of Letters
325. Death and Rebirth at Mount Sinai
326. The Seven Voices of the Torah
327. The Ascent of Moses
328. Mount Sinai Is Lifted to Heaven
329. How God Revealed Himself at Mount Sinai
330. God Offers the Torah to Israel
331. God Tears Apart Seven Firmaments
332. The Primordial Torah
333. The First Tablets
334. The Second Tablets
335. The First Torah
336. How the Ten Commandments Were Given
337. The Order of the Torah
The Giving of the Torah
338. God Abrogates the First Decree
339. The Giving of the Torah
340. Moses Before the Throne of Glory
341. God Teaches Torah in the World to Come
342. Moses Questions God
343. The Ark of the Covenant
The Changing Torah
344. The Changing Torah
345. The Flying Letters
346. God’s Signature
347. The Crowns of Israel
Studying the Torah
348. The Prince of the Torah
349. Studying the Torah
350. The Boy Who Read the Book of Ezekiel
351. The Two Torahs
352. The Giving of the Song of Songs
Myths of Prayers
353. The Origin of the Shema
354. The Holy Breath
The Golem
355. Rava Creates a Man
356. Jeremiah Creates a Golem
357. The Golem of Ibn Gabirol
358. The Golem of Rabbi Elijah
359. The Golem of Prague
360. The End of the Golem
361. The Golem in the Attic
362. The Homunculus of Maimonides
Book Six Myths of the Holy Time
Myths of the Days of Awe
363. God Passes Judgment
364. The Book of Life and the Book of Death
365. The Origin of Rosh ha-Shanah
366. The String of God
367. The Month of Tishrei
368. Re-creating the World
369. Renewing Existence
370. The Day of Judgment
371. The High Priest Enters the Holy of Holies
372. The Days of Awe
373. Light Is Sown for the Righteous
374. Gathering Souls
375. A Scapegoat for Azazel
376. Sounding the Shofar
377. The Closing of the Gates
378. The Final Blast
Myths of Sukkot
379. The Water Libation
380. The Seven Shepherds
381. Dwelling in Exile
382. The Feast of Sukkot in the World to Come
Myths of Simhat Torah
383. The Body of Moses
384. The Flying Shoe
Myths of Passover
385. God Revels in the Reading of the Haggadah
Myths of Lag ba-Omer
386. The Dancing of the Ari
Myths of Shavuot
387. The Wedding of God and the Shekhinah
388. The Wedding of God and Israel
389. The Parting of the Heavens at Midnight
Myths of the Sabbath
390. The Creation of the Sabbath
391. The Cosmic Sabbath
392. The Blessings of the Sabbath
393. The Adornment of the Sabbath
394. The Princess of the Sabbath
395. The Sabbath Bride
396. Greeting the Sabbath Queen
397. The Second Soul
398. The Souls of the Dead on the Sabbath
399. The Soul in the Garden of Eden
400. God’s Daughter
401. God Guides Moses in Prayer
402. The First Sabbath
403. God Keeps the Sabbath
404. Keeping the Sabbath
405. The Sabbath Angels
406. The Sabbath Feast in the Celestial Eden
407. The Spice of the Sabbath
408. The Song of the Sabbath
409. Adam’s Song of Praise for the Sabbath
410. Why Women Light Two Candles on the Sabbath
411. The First Havdalah
412. The Sabbath in the World to Come
413. The Great Sabbath
Myths of the Ninth of Av
414. A Day of Fasting and Mourning
415. The Mourning Dove
416. The Wailing Wall
417. The Weeping Well
418. The Ninth of Av in the Future
Myths of Rosh Hodesh
419. Repenting for God
Book Seven Myths of the Holy People
Myths of Israel
420. For the Sake of Israel
421. The Souls of Israel
422. The Body of Israel
Myths of Abraham
423. The Lesson of the Stars
424. God Calls upon Abram
425. God’s Covenant with Abram
426. God Appears to Abraham
427. Abraham’s Vision of God
428. Abraham’s Glowing Stone
429. Abraham in Egypt
430. Abraham’s Name
431. Iscah the Seer
432. Abraham Bargains with God
433. The Souls of Converts
Myths of Isaac
434. God Begat Isaac
435. The Bi
nding of Isaac
436. How Abraham Recognized Mount Moriah
437. The Sacrifice
438. Satan at Mount Moriah
439. Isaac Sees the Shekhinah
440. God Binds the Princes of the Heathens
441. The Angel Who Saved Isaac
442. Isaac’s Vision at Mount Moriah
443. Sarah’s Tent
444. The Death of Sarah
445. The Cave of Machpelah
446. Abraham’s Daughter
447. The Descent of the Light-Man
448. Abraham and the Angel of Death
449. Abraham’s Dying Vision
450. Abraham Never Died
451. The Births of Jacob and Esau
452. Isaac Returns to Mount Moriah
Myths of Jacob
453. The Bartered Birthright
454. Red Lentils
455. Isaac’s Eyes Grow Dim
456. The Stolen Blessing
457. Jacob the Blessed
458. Rachel and the Stolen Idols
459. Jacob’s Dream
460. Meeting the Place
461. Jacob’s Vision
462. Jacob’s Heavenly Vision
463. The Gateway to Heaven
464. Jacob Wrestles with the Angel
465. Jacob and Esau’s Guardian Angel
466. The Magic Flock
467. Jacob’s Ascent on High
468. Jacob’s Pillow
469. Jacob’s Books
470. Jacob the Angel
471. Jacob the Divine
472. The Image of Jacob Cast Down from Heaven
473. The Death of Jacob
474. Jacob Never Died
475. Summoning the Patriarchs
Myths of Moses
476. The Birth of Moses
477. An Ark in the Bulrushes
478. Pharaoh and the Child Moses
479. Pharaoh’s Daughter
480. The Burning Bush
481. Moses Swallowed by a Serpent
482. Serah bat Asher
483. The Secret of the Redeemer
484. The Coffin of Joseph
485. A Vision at the Red Sea
486. The Walls of the Red Sea
487. The Death of Serah bat Asher
488. God’s Footstool
489. The Parting of the Red Sea
490. The Waters of the Red Sea Refuse to Part
491. Crossing the Red Sea
492. Mount Moriah and the Red Sea
493. God’s Presence at the Red Sea
494. Pharaoh’s Army Lured to Its Death
495. The Quarrel of the Sea and the Earth
496. Miriam’s Well
497. How Moses Survived
498. The Enthronement of Moses
499. Moses Transformed into Fire
500. The Divine Radiance
501. The Light that Shone from Moses’ Face
502. The Souls of the Patriarchs
503. The Pillar of Cloud
504. The Seven Clouds of Glory
505. Moses’ Last Request
506. Joshua as Oedipus
507. Moses Never Died
Myths of King David
508. King David Is Crowned in Heaven
509. King David’s Harp
510. The Angel of the Lord
511. The Mountain of Fire
Myths of the Tzaddikim
512. The Thirty-Six Just Men
Book Eight Myths of the Holy Land
The Garden of Eden
513. The Garden of Eden
514. The Creation of the Garden of Eden
515. The Hidden Garden
516. The Fruit of the Tree of Life
517. The Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life
518. The Ever-turning Sword of Flame
519. Abraham’s Tree
520. The Cave of the Four Winds
521. The Gates of Eden
The Promised Land
522. The Land of Israel
523. The Seventy Nations and the Land of Israel
524. How the Holy Land Became Holy
525. The Cave of Shimon bar Yohai
The Heavenly Jerusalem
526. Light from the Temple
527. God Builds the Heavenly Temple
528. The Heavenly Jerusalem and the Earthly Jerusalem
529. How Mount Moriah Was Created
530. The Altar of Abraham
531. God Prays for the Building of the Temple
532. The Celestial Temple
533. The True Temple of God
534. The Descent of the Heavenly Jerusalem
535. The Elevation of Jerusalem
536. The Center of the World
537. The Patriarchs Seek to Comfort Jerusalem
The Earthly Jerusalem
538. The Creation of the Temple
539. The Temple Built Itself
540. The Building of the Temple
541. The Wedding of King Solomon and Pharaoh’s Daughter
542. Leopards in the Temple
543. The Mystery of the Cherubim
544. God’s Judgment Above and Below
545. God’s Cleansing of the Holy Land
The Destruction of the Temple
546. The Destruction of the Temple
547. A Stone from Mount Sinai
548. The Hand of God
549. God’s Mourning
550. The Patriarchs Weep over the Destruction of the Temple
551. Abraham in the Temple
552. Abraham and the Alphabet
553. Moses and the Sun
554. The Invisible Temple
Book Nine Myths of Exile
Exile from Eden
555. The Exile from Eden
556. Eve Tastes the Forbidden Fruit
557. God Divorced Adam
558. Adam’s Diamond
559. The Garments of Adam and Eve
560. Adam’s Descendants
561. God Descends into the Garden
562. The Land of Eretz
563. Adam’s Account of the Fall
564. What the Serpent Said to Eve
565. Satan and the Serpent
566. The Quest for the Oil of Life
567. The Generations of Seth
568. The Creation of Centaurs
569. The Death of Adam
570. Paradise
Cain and Abel
571. Cain and Abel
572. How Cain Was Conceived
573. The Seed of Cain
574. The Birth of Cain
575. The Wives of Cain and Abel
576. Eve’s Night Vision
577. The Death of Cain
The Evil Inclination
578. The Evil Inclination
579. How Samael Entered the Heart of Man
The Sons of God and the Daughters of Men
580. The Sons of God and the Daughters of Men
581. The Star Maiden
582. The Watchers
583. The Giants of Old
584. A Lecherous Spirit
585. The Lair of Azazel
The Flood
586. The Giant Og
587. Noah and the Raven
588. The Fiery Deluge
The Tower of Babel
589. The Tower of Babel
590. Building the Tower
Sodom and Gomorrah
591. The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
592. The Banished Angels
593. The Pillar of Salt
Myths of the Exodus
594. The Golden Calf
595. Strange Fire
596. The Spirit of Idolatry
597. The Fiery Serpents
598. The Desert Shur
599. The Dead of the Desert
The Ten Lost Tribes
600. The Exile of Israel
601. The Secret of the Egyptian Exile
602. The Ten Lost Tribes
603. The River Sambatyon
604. The City o
f Luz
605. An Appointment with Death
606. The World of Tevel
607. The Manna
Book Ten Myths of the Messiah
The Creation of the Messiah
608. The Creation of the Messiah
609. The Birth of the Messiah
610. The Scales of the Messiah
611. The Requirements of the Messiah
612. The Soul of the Messiah
613. The Descent of the Messiah’s Soul
The Heavenly Messiah
614. The Enthronement of the Messiah
615. The Messiah Will Descend from the Side of Evil
616. A War in Heaven and on Earth
617. The Palace of the Messiah
618. A Thousand Palaces of Longing
619. The Suffering Messiah
620. The Ladder of Prayers
621. The Messiah and the Ba’al Shem Tov
The Earthly Messiah
622. The Messiah at the Gates of Rome
623. The Chains of the Messiah
624. The Messiah Comes Forth from Prison
625. Until the Redemption
626. The Concealment of Elijah
627. Forcing the End
The Captive Messiah
628. The Captive Messiah
629. The Sleeping Messiah
The End of Days
630. The Pangs of the Messiah
631. The Rainbow of the Messiah
632. Calculating the End of Days
633. The End of Days
634. The End of the World
635. How the End of the World Will Come
The Resurrection of the Dead
636. The Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones
637. How the Dead Will Come to Life
638. The Dew of Resurrection
639. The Resurrection of the Dead
640. How the Resurrection Will Take Place
The World to Come
641. The World to Come
642. The Great Age
643. Life in the World to Come
644. The Chorus of the Righteous
645. Fat Geese for the World to Come
646. The Messianic Banquet
647. The Messianic Torah
648. A Tabernacle for the Righteous
Messianic Jerusalem
649. The New Jerusalem
650. Messianic Jerusalem
651. The Golden Gate of the Messiah
652. The Descent of the Heavenly Temple
653. The Creation of the Third Temple
654. Rebuilding the Temple
655. The Messianic Spring
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