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Midrash Tehillim, a collection of homiletic interpretations of the Psalms, offers a fascinating perspective, suggesting that everything, absolutely everything, has its perfect, div...
Our tradition understands this struggle, this internal conflict, all too well. And it offers some pretty profound advice on how to deal with it. Midrash Tehillim, a collection of r...
The ancient rabbis certainly understood that feeling. They explored it deeply in their interpretations of the Psalms, particularly in Midrash Tehillim, a collection of stories and ...
King David knew the feeling. He cries out to God, “Take up shield and buckler, and rise up to help me!” (Psalms 35:2). It's a powerful image. David picturing God as a warrior, arme...
Midrash Tehillim, in its commentary on Psalm 36, offers a fascinating insight. It all boils down to fear – or rather, the lack of it, in the right place. The psalm begins, "To the ...
Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic teachings on the Book of Psalms, delves into this very question, and it's not a pretty picture. It paints a portrait of active, almost de...
Psalm 36:6 sings, "The Lord, in heaven, your kindness..." But hold on. Does that mean kindness is only up there, floating among the clouds? Is there no kindness to be found down he...
We all do, at some point. And that feeling, that yearning, is captured beautifully in the ancient collection of teachings known as Midrash Tehillim, specifically Midrash Tehillim 3...
to a passage from Midrash Tehillim 36 that speaks directly to this feeling. The verse we're focusing on is a prayer: "Draw your kindness towards your devotees." Simple enough. But ...
