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.

Miriam and the Patriarchs

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 54:2

It sounds gross, I know, but stay with me. There’s a fascinating passage in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer (chapter 54) that throws light on the number seven and its significance in Jewish...

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Moses Remembered and Zutta

Midrash Aggadah Seder Olam Zutta 1:1

And that's exactly what we're going to do today, diving into a really cool, albeit lesser-known, ancient text called Seder Olam Zutta. Now, Seder Olam Zutta—which literally transla...

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David in the Holy Land

Midrash Aggadah Seder Olam Zutta 5:1

This text, a shorter and later version of the more famous Seder Olam Rabbah, attempts to create a chronological framework for biblical history. Think of it as an ancient attempt to...

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Ataliah and the King

Midrash Aggadah Seder Olam Zutta 6:1

Let's take a journey through one particular section of that royal lineage, as recounted in the Seder Olam Zutta, a shorter, later chronicle that builds upon the better-known Seder ...

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Kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar and Jehoiachin

Midrash Aggadah Seder Olam Zutta 7:1

This chronicle gives us a timeline, a framework for understanding a critical period: the Babylonian exile and the events leading to the Second Temple era. The Seder Olam Zutta tell...

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Solomon and the Promised Land of Greek

Midrash Aggadah Seder Olam Zutta 8:2

But sometimes, when we slow down and focus on a specific period, the stories that emerge are absolutely captivating. Today, we're diving into a fascinating, turbulent era of Jewish...

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Kingdom of Agripa

Midrash Aggadah Seder Olam Zutta 9:2

We're going to delve into a section of the Seder Olam Zutta, a lesser-known chronicle that attempts to piece together the timeline of Jewish leadership and events after the destruc...

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David in Exile

Midrash Aggadah Seder Olam Zutta 10:2

The Seder Olam Zutta, a lesser-known chronicle of Jewish history, offers a glimpse into this fascinating, and sometimes tragic, narrative. Our story begins in Babylonia, in a world...

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Day of Atonement and Sabbath

Midrash Aggadah Tanna DeBei Eliyahu Rabbah 2:1

Jewish tradition offers some pretty fascinating, and sometimes mind-bending, perspectives on this. to one found in Tanna DeBei Eliyahu Rabbah, a text filled with ethical and theolo...

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