The association of twins with health-giving powers is widespread in mythology, folklore, and religion. The Ashvins of the Rig-Veda, the classical Dioscuri, and the early Christian saints Cosmos and Damian are among the many examples of twins divinely empowered in the area of health and fertility. A characteristic set of attributes of twins recurs in different mythologies of wide distribution. I...

Many religious traditions teach that we should worship God, and philosophers have explored the requirement to what might make God worthy of worship. These also prohibit worshipping other gods. This essay explores, from a Jewish perspective, it mean gods, rationale behind prohibition be, why be so grave.