The four rivers of Paradise Nahum Sarna The bloody waters of the Nile River: A theory regarding the first plague in Egypt Nahum Sarna All about the Jordan River: Names, regions and miraculous crossings By the rivers of Babylon (Psalm 137)   I: A hymn of national mourning  II: In art and music III: A romantic poem by Lord Byron, 1815 Diaspora religion by the river: A reflection Joshua Adler Rivers, sins and breadcrumbs: The symbolic ceremony of Tashlikh Julius Greenstone Beyond the Sambatyon  I: The myth of the mighty Sabbath River II: A fanciful tale by 9th-century traveler Eldad the Danite Songs to the River by Hebrew poet Lea Goldberg Rivers: Hebrew Lesson