Parshat Bereshit

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Covers the creation of the world in six days, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, the first sin, Cain and Abel, and the generations from Adam to Noah. Genesis 1:1-6:8.

Dan's Transgression of Samson

Midrash Rabbah Bereshit Rabbah 99:11

We find ourselves in Bereshit Rabbah, a treasure trove of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Genesis, wrestling with Jacob's final blessings to his sons. And when he gets to D...

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Moses and the Origins of the World

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 28:4

Can you picture them all crying out at the same moment? Shemot Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Exodus, tells us that God hears them all concurrently...

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Maker of Heaven and Earth of Shmuel

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 50:1

The passage starts by quoting Exodus 37:1: “Betzalel crafted the Ark of acacia wood: its length was two and a half cubits, its width a cubit and a half, and its height a cubit and ...

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Kingdom of Solomon and Shlomo

Midrash Rabbah Shir HaShirim Rabbah 11:1

We start with a verse: “Emerge, daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, at the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, and on the day of the rejoici...

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Noah's Offering and Yosei

Midrash Rabbah Shir HaShirim Rabbah 16:1

We find ourselves pondering just that in a fascinating discussion rooted in the verse from Song of Songs 4:16: "Awake, north wind, and come, south wind; blow upon my garden, that i...

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Rosh Hashanah and the Origins of the World

Midrash Rabbah Vayikra Rabbah 30:4

The Midrash, that treasure trove of Jewish stories and interpretations, finds echoes of this universal joy in the verses about the holiday of Sukkot. Specifically, Vayikra Rabbah 3...

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Covenant of Jacob and Yehoshua

Midrash Rabbah Vayikra Rabbah 36:4

The ancient rabbis grappled with these very questions, and their answers, preserved in texts like Vayikra Rabbah, are both surprising and deeply inspiring. to one fascinating passa...

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When God Created and Molad

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 7:11

You're not alone. Our ancestors, too, gazed at the stars, seeking meaning and guidance in their celestial dance. And according to ancient Jewish wisdom, that dance holds profound s...

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World to Come of Shabbat

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 19:1

It's a portal, a time set apart. And according to Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a beautiful, almost novelistic Midrash, keeping Shabbat brings immense blessings. It says, "Happy is he in...

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