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.

Holy Ground Beneath and Abba

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 18:16

We often talk about God's love, God's mercy... but what about God's thunder? Midrash Tehillim, a collection of interpretations on the Book of Psalms, dives headfirst into this very...

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Moses's Song

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 18:17

What would you see? Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Psalms, offers us a glimpse into that moment, a moment of sheer, terrifying awe. It’s ...

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Splitting of the Sea and Yudan

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 18:18

The ancient rabbis certainly understood that feeling. They saw it mirrored in the story of the Exodus, in the dramatic moment when the Israelites crossed the Red Sea and the pursui...

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Pharaoh's Legacy and Amalek

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 18:19

And it's one the ancient rabbis explored deeply through their interpretations of the Book of Psalms, or Tehillim. to a fascinating passage from Midrash Tehillim, specifically on Ps...

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Moses's Song of Abraham

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 18:20

Psalm 18:26 offers a fascinating, and perhaps unsettling, answer: "With a pious person, act piously; with an upright man, be upright; with a pure one, be pure; and with a crooked o...

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Joash and Creation

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 18:21

But what if that spark was always there, hidden, waiting for the right moment to ignite? That's the essence of what we find in Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpreta...

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Amalek and the King

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 18:22

King David knew that feeling well. And it's his story, illuminated by the ancient wisdom of Midrash Tehillim (a collection of rabbinic teachings on the Book of Psalms), that offers...

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David's Prayer and Jebusites

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 18:23

The Book of Psalms, or Tehillim, is full of David's prayers, his praises, his cries for help. And Psalm 18, verse 30, it’s a powerhouse: "For by You I run upon a troop... and by my...

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Throne of David and Berechiah

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 18:24

The passage opens with a powerful statement: "The Lord's way is perfect." Okay, sounds good. But what does that mean? Rav, a prominent Babylonian Amora (sage) of the early 3rd cent...

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