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Our tradition understands that struggle intimately. Midrash Tehillim, a beautiful collection of interpretations on the Book of Psalms, delves into this very human feeling, using Ki...
The mystics of old knew that feeling, and they had something profound to say about it, especially when it comes to finding our place in the world and our connection to something bi...
The Midrash teaches us that it's better to trust in God than to rely on the words of even our own parents. Why? Because human understanding is limited, and only God sees the whole ...
King David certainly did. And in the beautiful words of Psalm 119, he gave voice to that feeling. "Your hands have made me and fashioned me." But what does that really mean? Midras...
The book of Psalms, Tehillim in Hebrew, is often seen as a direct line to the divine, a collection of heartfelt expressions. But what happens when even those expressions are stifle...
Jewish tradition recognizes this feeling – the ache of exile, the pain of loss – and offers a powerful promise of healing and return. One particularly beautiful passage in Midrash ...
These are the kinds of questions the ancient rabbis loved to wrestle with. And in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer – a fascinating text that delves into the secrets of creation and early bib...
It asks: Why, when God formed humanity, did He gather dust from all four corners of the earth? Why not just use the local dirt? The answer, according to the text, is surprisingly p...
The servant finds Rebecca, and her family, Laban and Bethuel, are faced with a decision: Do they let Rebecca go with this stranger? What do they do? Their response, according to Pi...
