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.

Noah and Creation of Abba

Midrash Rabbah Bereshit Rabbah 33:5

We get a glimpse into that closed world in Bereshit Rabbah, the great rabbinic commentary on the Book of Genesis. to one fascinating little story. “It was at the end of forty days,...

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Noah's Ark and Shimon

Midrash Rabbah Bereshit Rabbah 33:6

It's not just a random choice. The story of Noah's Ark and the dove, as told in Genesis, is layered with meaning, and the Rabbis of the Midrash find deep lessons in even the smalle...

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Trial of Noah

Midrash Rabbah Bereshit Rabbah 33:7

It’s fascinating to dive into the details, and Bereshit Rabbah, the ancient collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Genesis, does just that. Genesis 8:13 tells us, "I...

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Noah and Creation of Release

Midrash Rabbah Bereshit Rabbah 34:1

Not in your house, not in your apartment… but in a floating zoo. That’s Noah’s story. And in Bereshit Rabbah 34, we get a glimpse into his heart as the floodwaters recede and the p...

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Noah and David

Midrash Rabbah Bereshit Rabbah 34:2

It’s a question that’s haunted humanity for millennia. Is there any rhyme or reason to it all? Our sages grappled with this, too, and in Bereshit Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic i...

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The Great Flood and Their

Midrash Rabbah Bereshit Rabbah 34:3

And there's a powerful lesson hidden in the story of Noah and the Flood. Rabbi Yudan, quoting Rabbi Aivu, kicks us off with a verse from Proverbs: "In the transgression of the lips...

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Noah's Ark

Midrash Rabbah Bereshit Rabbah 34:4

Maybe you're in a job you don't love, a relationship that's run its course, or even just a prolonged period of feeling…blah. Well, Noah, yes that Noah of ark fame, knew that feelin...

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The Great Flood

Midrash Rabbah Bereshit Rabbah 34:6

We all know the story: the flood, the animals, the ark bobbing along on a chaotic sea. But what happened after? The waters receded, the dove returned with the olive branch… and the...

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Rabbis: The Great Flood

Midrash Rabbah Bereshit Rabbah 34:7

But what about the human side of things? What were Noah and his family actually doing on that boat for all those months? Well, the Rabbis of the Midrash, those brilliant interprete...

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