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.

Noah Beyond the Firmament and Levi

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 22:9

We get glimpses, tantalizing hints, and sometimes outright fantastical stories about that long-ago world. And one of the most striking comes from Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinat...

HeavenNoah & FloodJob

Ishmael in Battle and Cain

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 30:10

The text starts by connecting the name of Ishmael’s son, Kedar, directly to the people known as the "sons of Kedar." It’s a seemingly straightforward connection. The verse cited fr...

Noah & FloodPatriarchs

Sin of the First Pair and the Serpent

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 34:4

Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating collection of stories and teachings, explores just that. Specifically, Chapter 34 reveals five silent screams that traverse the world, unseen ...

HeavenAdam & EveSoulShekhinah

Shechem and Adam

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 38:1

That’s the unsettling image painted in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 38, a fascinating and often overlooked passage in Jewish tradition. It all begins with a cryptic verse from the prophe...

Adam & EvePatriarchsJosephHoly Land

Light of the First Day and Isaiah

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 51:1

The Jewish tradition has never shied away from asking the big questions, and when it comes to the end of days, well, let's just say things get pretty interesting. One fascinating g...

CreationHeavenTorahHoly Land

Chaldees: Abraham at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 52:1

Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, an ancient Jewish text, speaks of seven such wonders. Not the kind you find on a travel brochure, but events that shook the foundations of belief. We're tal...

CreationPatriarchsDaniel

Jacob at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 52:6

It's more than just good manners. It's a whisper echoing from a very, very old story. A story about Jacob, and a world without sickness as we know it. According to Pirkei DeRabbi E...

CreationPatriarchsJosephJob

Adam and the Torah of Slander

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 53:1

They can build bridges, heal wounds, and… well, utterly destroy. Today, let's delve into a concept that Judaism takes incredibly seriously: the sin of slander, of speaking ill of o...

Adam & EveTorahMysticismRepentance

Absalom: Adam and the Fires of Gehenna

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 53:9

The notion that certain individuals, blessed (or cursed) with similar attributes, might share a similar fate. Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, an ancient Jewish text, presents a rather stri...

Hell/GehennaAdam & EveKing David