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.

Manna from Heaven and Elazar

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 106:1

We celebrate the big, splashy ones – the parting of the Red Sea, the manna from heaven. But what about the quiet, everyday miracles that keep us going? The Midrash Tehillim, a coll...

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Moses at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 106:2

That feeling, that sense of the utterly unknowable, it’s a thread that runs deep through Jewish thought. The Midrash Tehillim, a collection of interpretations on the Book of Psalms...

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Heart of the Psalms and Tarfon

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 106:3

The book of Psalms, Tehillim in Hebrew, is just overflowing with questions like these. And the Midrash, those beautiful, imaginative interpretations of scripture, well, they dive r...

Kingdom of Mordechai

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 106:4

King David knew the feeling. Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic teachings on the Book of Psalms, opens a window into David's heart – and perhaps our own. The verse we’re di...

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Pharaoh and Moses of Judah

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 106:5

We all know the story: Moses, the Israelites, the desperate flight from Egypt... But the details? Oh, the Rabbis have some thoughts. The book of Psalms (Tehillim) is a constant sou...

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Moses in Battle and Israelites

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 106:6

The ancient rabbis certainly did. They saw it playing out in the story of the Israelites in the desert, a story brimming with lessons for us today. Our jumping-off point is Psalm 1...

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Baal Peor in Heaven

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 106:7

Psalm 106:23 states, "Therefore He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach, to turn back His wrath, lest He destroy them." It’s a ver...

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Borders of the Promise and Judges

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 106:8

The ancient rabbis certainly thought so, observing the Israelites’ cyclical relationship with God in the Midrash Tehillim, a collection of interpretations on the Book of Psalms. Ps...

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Moses and Noah of Elazar

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 106:9

According to Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic teachings on the Book of Psalms, there are five key elements that can bring about Israel's – and perhaps our own – salvation...

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