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The text starts by connecting the name of Ishmael’s son, Kedar, directly to the people known as the "sons of Kedar." It’s a seemingly straightforward connection. The verse cited fr...
Talk about trials! And the tenth, according to Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, that's the one that really takes the cake. "And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraha...
The Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating collection of stories and interpretations from the early Middle Ages, gives us a glimpse. It tells us that Isaac was thirty-seven years ol...
Our story today, drawn from Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating collection of stories and interpretations of the Torah, touches on just such a moment in the life of Abraham. The ...
God tests Abraham, tells him to offer Isaac as a sacrifice, and then at the last possible second, sends an angel to stop him, providing a ram instead. But what really happened in t...
Jewish tradition teaches us that names hold prophetic power, hinting at a person's destiny, their very purpose. And sometimes, the reason behind a name isn't clear until long after...
Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, in chapter 34, paints a stark, yet ultimately hopeful, picture of this very moment. The text tells us that a person has three friends in their lifetime: the...
We all know the story of the manna, the miraculous bread from heaven. But what about water? How did they quench their thirst in that desolate landscape? Well, according to Rabbi Ak...
Maybe the story of Jacob's journey to Haran can shed some light. According to Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating text filled with aggadic expansions of biblical narratives, Jaco...
