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.

Acts of Creation and Blessings

Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar Rabbah 11:6

You know, the one that starts "Yevarechecha Adonai v'yishmerecha – May the Lord bless you and keep you..." It’s a beautiful, powerful blessing, and it's packed with layers of meani...

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Elijah and Creation of Kings

Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar Rabbah 12:11

Bamidbar Rabbah 12, a section of the classic midrashic text, wrestles with this very question, using the construction of the Tabernacle – the mishkan – as a lens. It all starts wit...

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Yerovam at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar Rabbah 14:1

It's like peeling back the layers of an onion – the deeper you go, the more you discover. Today, we're diving into Bamidbar Rabbah 14, a section of the Bamidbar Rabbah, which itsel...

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Joseph: Jacob and Creation

Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar Rabbah 14:5

It’s like a beautiful song with a simple melody, but underneath, there's a complex harmony of hidden meanings and connections. Today, we're going to explore just such a passage fro...

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David: Aaron at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar Rabbah 14:13

to a fascinating passage from Bamidbar Rabbah, specifically section 14, which grapples with just that question, focusing on the anointing of the altar and its implications for the ...

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Yeshurun and Creation

Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar Rabbah 15:18

Jewish tradition teaches that there's a profound spiritual power in gathering together, a power that even resonates in the heavens. But is any gathering automatically holy? The Mid...

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Isaiah: Abraham and Creation

Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar Rabbah 16:3

Bamidbar Rabbah 16 opens with a powerful quote from Isaiah 40:8: "The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever." Rabbi Aḥa the Great uses this ve...

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Heifer: Abraham at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar Rabbah 19:1

It all starts in the Book of Numbers, Bamidbar (Numbers 19:2), with the words: “This is the statute of the Torah that the Lord commanded, saying: Speak to the children of Israel, a...

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Moses and Creation of Meriva

Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar Rabbah 19:14

It’s a question that echoes through the story of Moses and the waters of Mei Meriva – the waters of dispute. "These are the waters of dispute, where the children of Israel quarrele...

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