“Better a hundred deaths....” Edition 14: Envy and jealousy The Editor Even the angels are jealous A legend about the creation of man and the fate of the angels who objected Introduction by Shalom Spiegel “Sarah was a woman” — a modern poem On kindness and cruelty, love and envy Edna Aphek Bitter biblical moments captured on canvas Classical paintings of Cain and Abel, Sarah and Hagar, Saul and David Where a husband’s “fit of jealousy” means something else How the rabbis dealt with a most disturbing chapter in the Bible (Numbers 5) Judith Hauptman When jealousy is divine Rabban Gamliel and a pagan philosopher talk it over The Talmud Imitatio Dei: To be or not to be (jealous like God) Achieving holiness by emulating God’s ways Solomon Schechter "The Choice of Pearls": concerning envy (Non-Jewish) words of wisdom by the great medieval Jewish luminary Solomon ibn Gabirol The Dog, the Cheese and the Water / Two Apes and a Lion Two medieval “fox fables” about envy Berakhia ben Natronai ha-Nakdan “An Ancient Melody” in contemporary verse “If you dare to love someone else.....” Natan Alterman Siblings, scribes and suspicious spouses Hebrew rootword lesson: K-N-A Dr. Joseph Lowin