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.

Titus at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 8:4

It's a reminder that divinity can work through anything. Kohelet Rabbah, a fascinating collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Ecclesiastes, puts it this way: "The ad...

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Edom and Adam

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 8:5

The ancient Rabbis certainly did. In Kohelet Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Ecclesiastes, we find a series of stories, almost like little parables,...

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Moses Beyond the Firmament and Betzalel

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 11:1

Kohelet Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Ecclesiastes, tackles this very question, and it does it in such a wonderfully human way. It all starts with...

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Shemini Atzeret Beyond the Firmament

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 14:3

One minute you're soaring, the next you're... well, not. Jewish tradition understands this ebb and flow, this dance between joy and sorrow, and offers wisdom on how to navigate it....

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Yaakov at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 23:4

Today, we’re diving into a story from Kohelet Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations of the Book of Ecclesiastes, where we see just such a situation unfold. The story cen...

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Adam and the Origins of the World

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 29:1

The book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as it’s known in Hebrew, wrestles with this very question. It’s a book about searching, about meaning, and often, about the frustrating lack of...

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Rabbi Beivai and Creation

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 1:1

Today, we’re diving into a passage from Kohelet Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations of the Book of Ecclesiastes, that explores this very idea through the verse: “Cast ...

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Israelites: Moses at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 1:35

In fact, they wrestled with it in their interpretations of the book of Exodus, specifically Exodus 2:25: "God saw the children of Israel, and God knew." What did God see? What did ...

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Ishmael: Job at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 3:2

Our story begins in Exodus 3:7: “The Lord said: I have seen My people’s affliction that is in Egypt, and I have heard their outcry because of their taskmasters, as I know their pai...

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