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.

Rabbi Akiva at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 5:1

Take the verse from Ecclesiastes (1:5): "The sun rises and the sun sets, and it hastens to its place where it arises." Seems straightforward. But the rabbis in Kohelet Rabbah see s...

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Rabbi Eliezer and Creation of Which

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 7:1

The book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as it's known in Hebrew, poses this very question: "All the rivers go to the sea, yet the sea is not full; to the place that the rivers go, the...

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Ishmael and Adam of Edom

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 7:9

And they found a surprisingly relevant metaphor in the Book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet. The verse says, "all the rivers go to the sea." Kohelet Rabbah, a Midrashic collection of i...

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Hidden Secrets of Creation

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 8:5

The book of Kohelet, or Ecclesiastes, really digs into that feeling. And the rabbis of Kohelet Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations of Kohelet, pick up on that theme in...

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Solomon at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 14:1

The book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as it's known in Hebrew, grapples with this very feeling. "I have seen all the actions that were performed under the sun; and, behold, everythi...

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Moses at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 18:1

Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as it's called in Hebrew, is full of his reflections, and one line in particular always gets me: "For with much wisdom is much vexation; and one who increa...

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Solomon at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 11:1

It grapples with the very human experience of seeking knowledge, stumbling, and trying to make sense of it all. The verse we're looking at today is Ecclesiastes 2:12: "I turned to ...

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Stars and Firmament of Hezekiah

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 2:3

This question has been debated for centuries, and today, we're diving into a fascinating discussion about it from the ancient text of Kohelet Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic inter...

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Isaiah: Rabbi Eliezer and Creation

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 20:1

We find ourselves grappling with this very question in the ancient text of Kohelet Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations of the Book of Ecclesiastes. The verse in questi...

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