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.

Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 7

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 7

And God remembered Noah (Gen. 8:1). Scripture says elsewhere in reference to this verse: A righteous man regardeth the life of his beasts; but the tender mercies of the wicked are ...

Adam & EveNoah & FloodJudgment

Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 15

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 15

And he planted a vineyard (Gen. 9:20). Where did he obtain the shoots for the vineyard? He obtained them from the grape seeds he had brought into the ark.24See Pesikta Rabbati 23. ...

Adam & EveNoah & FloodRepentance

Where God Dwells

Tree of Souls

And the answers? Well, they're as varied and beautiful as the stars in the night sky. Some say God dwells in the celestial realms, way up in the highest heaven, seated on the Kisei...

HeavenProphecyTempleHoly Land

A Still, Small Voice

Tree of Souls

Even the great prophet Elijah, the fiery champion of God, reached that point. Imagine this: Elijah, fresh from his triumph over the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel (I Kings 18), i...

AngelsTorahProphecyHoly Land

God Puts On Tallit And Tefillin

Tree of Souls

And Jewish tradition, in its wonderfully audacious way, even imagines God putting on a tallit and tefillin. Yes, you read that right. God, wrapping Himself in a prayer shawl and bi...

AngelsTorahMosesHoly Land

God's Prayer

Tree of Souls

We often think of prayer as something we do, a way to connect with the Divine. But Jewish tradition sometimes paints a different picture, one where God, in a sense, prays too. How ...

TorahProphecyTempleHoly Land

The Wailing Of The Shekhinah

Tree of Souls

The Jewish mystics had a powerful image for that kind of pain: the Shekhinah, the Divine Presence, weeping. It’s a radical idea, isn’t it? God, or at least this aspect of God, expe...

Holy LandShekhinah

The Angel Sandalphon

Tree of Souls

Jewish tradition offers a beautiful and powerful image: they're gathered by an angel named Sandalphon and transformed into crowns for God. Every word, every intention, every heartf...

AngelsHeavenMosesHoly Land

Lilith And Elijah

Tree of Souls

A fiery prophet, a champion of God, and a recurring figure who pops up in Jewish stories whenever things need a divine kick in the pants. And Lilith… well, Lilith is a whole other ...

Demons