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It’s a universal feeling, and even King David, the shepherd-turned-king, knew it well. That’s why he declared, "A lamp to my feet is Your word, a light to my path" (Psalm 119:105)....
to one particularly powerful passage, a meditation on Psalm 27:1, "The Lord is my light and my help; whom should I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; whom should I dread?...
Midrash Tehillim, an ancient collection of interpretations on the Book of Psalms, grapples with this very idea. It tells a story about someone who posed this question directly. Rab...
The ancient rabbis grappled with this too. In Midrash Tehillim, a collection of interpretations on the Book of Psalms, we find a fascinating take on Psalm 27. It revolves around a ...
There’s this beautiful passage in Midrash Tehillim (Commentary on Psalms), specifically on Psalm 27, that offers a powerful image of refuge. It says, "For He will hide me in His ta...
Psalm 27:13, "If I did not believe in seeing the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living..." It’s a powerful line, isn't it? A raw admission of vulnerability, immediately fo...
Midrash Tehillim, a collection of homiletic interpretations of the Book of Psalms, offers a powerful insight into this very idea. Rabbi Chiyah bar Abba, a sage of the Talmudic era,...
The ancient rabbis felt that way too, and they found profound meaning in even that experience. They asked: how do we find God, even when we're being humbled? The Midrash Tehillim, ...
Midrash, for those unfamiliar, is a way of interpreting the Hebrew Bible, digging deep to uncover hidden meanings and moral lessons. And in Midrash Tehillim, a collection of interp...
