Midrash Aggadah

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Midrash Aggadah texts, a body of rabbinic literature devoted to the narrative, ethical, and homiletical interpretation of the Hebrew Bible. These works illuminate Scripture through stories, parables, and theological reflection.

Guarding the Torah and Dead

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 51:11

Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating collection of Jewish stories and interpretations, gives us a glimpse of just such a miraculous future. It speaks of a time when even the most ...

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Holy Sanctuary and Ezekiel

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 51:12

We get glimpses, whispers, hints throughout our tradition. And sometimes, just sometimes, we get a description so vivid, so lush, that you can almost smell the fruit hanging heavy ...

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Ezekiel in Jewish Tradition

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 51:13

Sounds like something out of a fairy tale. Well, according to Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer (chapter 51, to be exact), such a place exists, or at least, the potential for it does. The tex...

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Chaldees: Abraham at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 52:1

Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, an ancient Jewish text, speaks of seven such wonders. Not the kind you find on a travel brochure, but events that shook the foundations of belief. We're tal...

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Birth of Sarah and Miracles

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 52:2

Today, let's talk about a detail tucked away in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating early medieval text filled with stories and interpretations expanding on the Torah. Specifical...

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Nimrod Among the Fathers

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 52:3

Our tradition wrestles with this too, offering some pretty powerful imagery to explain it. Consider this from Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating early medieval text filled with ...

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Abraham's Miracle

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 52:5

It might surprise you to learn that, according to one tradition, it wasn't always this way. Imagine a world where everyone's hair stayed the same color their whole lives. A world w...

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Jacob at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 52:6

It's more than just good manners. It's a whisper echoing from a very, very old story. A story about Jacob, and a world without sickness as we know it. According to Pirkei DeRabbi E...

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Coat of Many Colors

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 52:7

It’s easy to gloss over it, but let's really consider it for a moment. Imagine the scene: millions of people, fleeing for their lives, trapped between an advancing army and a vast,...

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