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In Vayikra Rabbah 37, the Midrash explores this idea through a fascinating lens: vows. Specifically, it looks at instances where individuals made, shall we say, unreasonable reques...
The opening of Psalm 1, "Blessed is the man," seems simple enough, but according to Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations of the Book of Psalms, it's packed wi...
Our story comes from Midrash Tehillim, a fascinating collection of interpretations on the Book of Psalms. Here, the Midrash tells us about a particularly insidious act of dissent l...
Like one minute it's love and compassion, and the next... well, fire and brimstone? That tension, that push-and-pull between divine mercy and divine judgment, is something Jewish t...
King David certainly knew that feeling. In the Midrash Tehillim, a beautiful collection of interpretations on the Book of Psalms, we find a powerful meditation on the verse, "Many ...
The Book of Psalms certainly does. And the Midrash, the ancient rabbinic commentaries, dives deep into these very questions. Today, we're looking at Midrash Tehillim 5, a fascinati...
The Psalms, those ancient songs of King David, knew all about that feeling. And the Rabbis, centuries later, unpacked those feelings in their own special way, through midrash. Take...
Jewish tradition has a name for these dueling forces: the yetzer hatov and the yetzer hara – the inclination to good and the inclination to evil. Midrash Tehillim, a fascinating co...
The ancient sages pondered these very feelings, especially when thinking about the fate of the Jewish people. Midrash Tehillim, a collection of interpretations on the Book of Psalm...
