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.

Bezalel in Joseph's Time

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 1:18

Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Psalms, opens up a fascinating window into this very question. It uses a beautiful image – the "rose of Sh...

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Voices of the Psalmist

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 2:6

It’s a question that's tickled the minds of theologians and storytellers for centuries. We often picture the Divine as serious, judging, maybe even a little stern. But laughter? Th...

Rabbi Yossi and Redemption

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 2:11

Sometimes, it takes a seemingly simple story to peel back the layers of ancient wisdom. Our tale begins with a shofar blower from the tribe of Barzel. Now, the shofar, a ram's horn...

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Shobach and the Angels

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 3:4

King David certainly knew that feeling. In the Midrash Tehillim, a beautiful collection of interpretations on the Book of Psalms, we find a powerful meditation on the verse, "Many ...

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Kingdom of David and Judah

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 4:1

King David knew that feeling. He poured his heart into the Psalms, and within those verses, the ancient rabbis found layers upon layers of meaning – not just for David, but for all...

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Righteousness in Heaven

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 5:5

It’s a question that’s echoed through the ages, and one that our tradition wrestles with beautifully. Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Psal...

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Giving of the Torah and Anger

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 7:6

The story, as told in Midrash Tehillim, is truly terrifying. Imagine Moses, up on Mount Sinai, receiving the Torah. A moment of ultimate revelation. And down below? The Israelites,...

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Kingdom of David of Saul

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 7:17

The ancient collection of rabbinic teachings called Midrash Tehillim uses a powerful analogy to describe exactly that feeling – and it centers on the life of King David. Imagine th...

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Shaul and the King

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 7:20

In Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Psalms, the text wrestles with this very idea, using the term "Cushite" as a lens to understand beauty,...

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