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.

Yoel and Joseph

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 80:1

Psalm 80, a poignant plea for divine intervention, opens with a striking image: "Hear, O Shepherd of Israel, You Who leads Joseph like a flock." It's a cry for guidance, for protec...

JosephKing DavidSolomonProphecy

Jacob's Transgression of Benjamin

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 80:3

And trust me, the list is pretty surprising. The passage we're looking at today focuses on Psalm 80, specifically the verse "Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh." Now, these are...

Patriarchs

Heart of David and Babylon

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 80:5

Midrash Tehillim, an ancient collection of homiletical interpretations of the Book of Psalms, uses a striking image to describe just such a predicament, and it's one that resonates...

JosephKing DavidProphecyHoly Land

Rebuilding and Restoration

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 81:2

We sing them, we hear them, but sometimes the real magic lies just beneath the surface. to Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations of the Book of Psalms. Specifi...

King DavidMessiahPrayer

Jedidiah and David

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 84:2

The ancient sages certainly did. And they explored that feeling deeply in their interpretations of scripture, the midrash. to one such exploration from Midrash Tehillim, a collecti...

King DavidTempleProphecy

Merit of the Fathers and Jerusalem

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 87:1

Psalm 87, a song attributed to the sons of Korah, begins to unpack this very question. "Its foundation is on the holy mountains," the psalm declares, suggesting that holiness is ro...

AngelsPatriarchsMosesTorah

Moshe's Song

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 90:3

Midrash Tehillim (a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Psalms) poses a seemingly simple question about the opening of Psalm 90, traditionally ascribed to Moses: ...

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Destruction of the Temple

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 95:1

It's not always what you might expect. to a passage from Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Psalms, and see. The text begins with a stark sta...

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Shabbat Among the Fathers

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 95:3

He taught that if the Israelites—and by extension, maybe even us—were to observe just one Shabbat, that day of rest, according to all its intricate laws, redemption would come imme...

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