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A new Pharaoh rises.

Hasidism spread mystical ideas to the masses of East-European Jewry.

The Rabbis regulated the giving and receiving of tzedakah even while recognizing that how one gives may be as important as how much one gives.

On history, spirituality, obligation, and standing at Sinai.

The Sages proposed additional reasons to obey the mitzvot beyond those offered by the Bible.

Genesis 28:10-32:3

Genesis 25:19-28:9

Genesis 23:1-25:18

Scholars disagree over whether Heikhalot texts are chronicles of mystical adventures or literary creations.

Though Hasidism is not a homogenous philosophy, there are certain ideas common to its many subgroups.

Jewish mysticism takes hold.

Judaism may need new categories of sexual relationships in order to adjust to the reality of sex outside marriage.