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Today's story, drawn from Vayikra Rabbah 32, dives into just that: the plight of the mamzer. The mamzer. It's a loaded term. In Jewish law, it refers to a child born from certain f...
Today, let's dive into Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Psalms, specifically Psalm 17, to explore this idea. The verse we're focusing on is...
The ancient texts offer some pretty fascinating clues, particularly in how they describe the transformation that comes with repentance. Take Midrash Tehillim, for example, a collec...
How did the ancient rabbis, steeped in Torah and wonder, understand its place in the cosmos? Well, let's dive into Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the...
They turned to midrash, a method of interpreting scripture that fills in gaps, answers questions, and breathes life into the text. Today, we're diving into a fascinating passage fr...
In fact, it teaches us that it's really not fitting to sing your own praises… unless someone else steps up to vouch for you. But then, who vouches for God? That's the question pose...
His father, Hyrkanos, a wealthy landowner, has him toiling away on a rocky, unproductive patch of land. Eliezer sits down and weeps. "Why are you crying, my son?" Hyrkanos asks. "A...
The story begins with a simple question. Rabbi Jochanan, noticing something amiss, asks Eliezer if he knows the Shema' (the central Jewish prayer affirming God's oneness), the Teph...
There's this story in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating early collection of Jewish stories and traditions, that gives us a glimpse into his life and the esteem in which he was ...
