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It wasn’t just the exile, the loss of Jerusalem, the absence of the Temple. It was the constant, almost taunting reminders of what they had lost. One of the most painful of these, ...
Psalm 119:89 declares, “Forever, Lord, Your word stands firm in the heavens.” But does this mean it doesn’t stand firm here, with us? Our sages grappled with this, finding an answe...
The Torah tells us Sarah saw Ishmael "playing" (Genesis 21:9), and it was enough for her to demand, in no uncertain terms, that Hagar and Ishmael be banished. But what exactly did ...
It seems that this feeling, envy, is as old as the hills – or at least as old as the stories in Bereshit Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations of the Book of Genesis. Le...
We're looking at section 75, which deals with the moment Jacob prepares to meet his brother Esau after years of estrangement. Jacob, remember, is about to face his brother Esau, fr...
And that's exactly what we're going to do today, diving into a really cool, albeit lesser-known, ancient text called Seder Olam Zutta. Now, Seder Olam Zutta—which literally transla...
We've all been there. But what if I told you there's a secret to unlocking a divine response? A way to have your prayers truly heard? It's all about the idea of God "lifting His co...
And it happened to King David himself, involving none other than the Ark of the Covenant. We find ourselves in Bamidbar (Numbers 7:9), where the Torah is describing the gifts given...
We read in 1 Samuel that they yearned to be "like all the nations." But what was really driving that desire? Rabbi Nehorai, as quoted in Sifrei Devarim, gives us a rather startling...
