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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