Midrash Rabbah

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The great Midrash Rabbah, a collection of aggadic midrashim on the Torah and the Five Megillot. These rabbinic commentaries explore the deeper meanings of Scripture through parable, allegory, and legend.

Rabbis: Abraham at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 15:1

The book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as it's known in Hebrew, wrestles with these very feelings. And Kohelet Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations of Ecclesiastes, dives...

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Wisdom of Moses and Bilam

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 15:2

That feeling of existential dread isn't new. In fact, it’s wrestled with in some of our most ancient texts. to a passage from Kohelet Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretatio...

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Kingdom of David and Nebuchadnezzar

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 15:3

That fear, that nagging doubt, echoes in the ancient words of Kohelet Rabbah, a rabbinic commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes. It grapples with the seeming unfairness of life, th...

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Fear of God is Wisdom and Rabbis

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 15:4

The book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet in Hebrew, grapples with these very questions. And the ancient Rabbis, in their commentary on Kohelet, called Kohelet Rabbah, really dig into t...

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Solomon and the Queen

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 15:5

Kohelet Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Ecclesiastes, dives into this very idea, using the verse "The wise man, his eyes are in his head, but the fo...

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David the Warrior and Hadrian

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 16:1

The book of Ecclesiastes, Kohelet in Hebrew, certainly grapples with that feeling. "I hated life," it says, "because the actions performed under the sun were distressing to me; as ...

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Rabbi Meir and the King

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 17:1

The Book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as it’s known in Hebrew, tackles this head-on. There's this passage that really hits home: "I hated all my toil that I toiled under the sun, as...

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Hadrian in Solomon's Court

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 20:1

"I turned my heart to despair regarding all the toil that I toiled under the sun," it says (Ecclesiastes 2:20). It's a sentiment that resonates even today. But Kohelet Rabbah, a co...

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Enosh and Creation of Simon

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 21:1

Specifically, Ecclesiastes 2:21 states: "For there is a man whose toil is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill; yet to a man who has not toiled in it, he will leave it a...

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