Parshat Chukat

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The red heifer purification ritual, the deaths of Miriam and Aaron, Moses strikes the rock, and the bronze serpent. Numbers 19:1-22:1.

Rabbi Elazar's Repentance

Midrash Rabbah Devarim Rabbah 2:23

We often hear about the plagues, the parting of the Red Sea, the mighty hand of God... But what about the internal processes, the spiritual shifts that paved the way for that monum...

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Moses and the Angels of Baruch

Midrash Rabbah Devarim Rabbah 2:36

The passage centers on the most core of Jewish declarations: “Shema Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad” – "Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One" (Deuteronomy 6:...

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Animals Two by Two and Shabbat

Midrash Rabbah Devarim Rabbah 3:1

Take this passage from Devarim Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic teachings on the Book of Deuteronomy. It all starts with a verse: "It will be, because you heed these ordinances, an...

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The Golden Calf and Yitzchak

Midrash Rabbah Devarim Rabbah 3:15

That’s what I want to talk about today, by diving into a powerful story from Devarim Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic teachings and interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy. This...

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Moses's Transgression of Miriam

Midrash Rabbah Devarim Rabbah 6:13

The story revolves around Miriam's affliction with tzara'at, often translated as leprosy, after she and Aaron speak critically of Moses. When Moses witnesses his sister's suffering...

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Noah's Generation and Israelites

Midrash Rabbah Devarim Rabbah 7:10

The Torah touches on this very human struggle. In Deuteronomy 29:3, Moses says to the Israelites, "But the Lord has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear...

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Staff of Moses

Midrash Rabbah Devarim Rabbah 8:5

And in Jewish tradition, the answer might surprise you: it's the Torah. Devarim Rabbah, a collection of homilies on the Book of Deuteronomy, offers a powerful idea: God says that i...

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Moses in Heaven and Rabbis

Midrash Rabbah Devarim Rabbah 8:6

In Deuteronomy 30:12-14, we find the verse, "It is not in the heavens… It is not beyond the sea… Rather, the matter is very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you m...

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Moses's Transgression and Rabbis

Midrash Rabbah Devarim Rabbah 11:2

to a fascinating passage from Devarim Rabbah that explores this very idea, using the example of Moses himself. The passage opens with a question drawn from the Psalms (24:3): “Who ...

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