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Mekhilta DeRabbi YishmaelIt the Quail Covered the Camp I Would Not Know toWhen God sent quail to the Israelites in the wilderness, the Torah says "it covered the camp" (Exodus 16:13). The Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael asked the obvious qu

Mekhilta DeRabbi YishmaelWhen the Torah States and Amalek Came, Rabbi Eliezer ExplainsThe Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael records a teaching by Rabbi Eliezer about the nature of Amalek's attack on Israel in the wilderness. His interpretation turns on a

Mekhilta DeRabbi YishmaelRabbi Akiva Read the Word Alone DifferentlyRabbi Akiva found a powerful protection for servants hidden in a verse that most readers would pass over quickly. The Torah says in (Exodus 21:3): "If alone he

Mekhilta DeRabbi YishmaelWho Is Acquired as a Wife by Cohabitation"And if a man sells": We are hereby apprised that he may sell her (as a maid-servant). And whence is it derived that he is permitted to betroth her?, If he can

Pirkei DeRabbi EliezerLot Walked with Abraham and Learned HospitalityThe Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating ancient Jewish text that retells and expands upon biblical narratives, offers a compelling example through the story o

Exempla of the Rabbis (Gaster, 1924)The Beautiful Slave Boy Who Became Rabbi IshmaelRabbi Jehuda ben Hanina was traveling through Rome when he saw something that stopped him in his tracks. In the slave market, that brutal engine of the Roman ec

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