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The verse in question is Ecclesiastes 2:6: “I made myself pools of water to irrigate from them a forest which grows trees.” Sounds straightforward enough. But what does it really m...
Times when clarity feels miles away, and we’re just grasping at shadows. Well, the book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet in Hebrew, speaks directly to that feeling. It's a book about se...
The book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet, grapples with this very human experience. "I returned and saw all the oppressions that are performed under the sun; and behold the tears of th...
The book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as it’s known in Hebrew, dives right into that feeling. One particular verse, Ecclesiastes 4:8, really hits home: "There is one and not another...
The story begins with a loss. When Rabbi Bon ben Rabbi Ḥiyya passed away, Rabbi Zeira rose to eulogize him, choosing the verse: “Sweet is the sleep of the laborer.” (Ecclesiastes 5...
The book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as we know it in Hebrew, is full of those moments. And one verse in particular, 7:17, gives us a real head-scratcher: "Do not be overly wicked ...
Sometimes, the explanations seem… unexpected, even poetic. to a passage from Kohelet Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Ecclesiastes, where we explore ...
You're not alone. The Book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as it’s known in Hebrew, grapples with this very question, and the rabbinic interpretations in Kohelet Rabbah, a collection o...
Sometimes, the answer isn’t just in swords and shields. Sometimes, it's in something far more powerful: wisdom. Our story comes from Kohelet Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interp...
