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.

Temple of Solomon and Rabbis

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 19:1

And the Rabbis, in their infinite wisdom, unpack it even further in Kohelet Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on Ecclesiastes. Specifically, we’re looking at Kohelet...

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Wings of the Angels

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 7:1

The ancient sages grappled with that feeling too, and they left us some pretty intense imagery to describe it. Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as it's known in Hebrew, is a book all about...

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Court of Solomon and Blessings

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 18:1

And believe it or not, the Book of Ecclesiastes – or Kohelet as it's known in Hebrew – grapples with this too. Specifically, Ecclesiastes 5:18 states: “Also any man to whom God has...

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Temple of Solomon and Levi

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 2:1

Kohelet, or Ecclesiastes, that sometimes-bleak but always-honest book of the Bible, wrestles with this feeling. Chapter 6, verse 2, hits hard: "A man to whom God gives wealth, asse...

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Rabbi Yudan Before the King

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 20:1

Specifically, the verse in Chapter 7, verse 20: "For there is not a righteous man upon the earth, who does good, and does not sin." Is it saying that everyone messes up, regardless...

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Kings: Wisdom of Solomon

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 23:2

The Book of Kings tells us that Solomon "spoke three thousand proverbs" (I Kings 5:12). But wait a minute... when we actually read through the Bible, how many proverbs do we find a...

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Abraham Among the Fathers and Moses

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 28:1

The Book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as it's known in Hebrew, wrestles with this very feeling. And one verse in particular, Kohelet 7:28, has sparked a lot of discussion: "What my ...

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Choirs of Angels and There

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 8:1

to Ecclesiastes 8:8: “There is no man who rules the spirit to retain the spirit, and there is no rule over the day of death. There is no release in war, and wickedness will not res...

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Solomon and Moses of Although

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 17:1

The book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet, as it's known in Hebrew, grapples with this very feeling. "I saw all the work of God, as man is unable to discover the work that is performed ...

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