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This midrash, a kind of interpretive commentary, opens by linking David's words in Psalm 145 – "I will exalt you, my God the King" – to the prophet Isaiah's similar declaration in ...
Jewish tradition, in its beautiful complexity, actually has something to say about that feeling – about being an outcast, and even more surprisingly, about the possibility of retur...
The Torah tells us about the 10th plague, the death of the firstborn in Egypt, and the Exodus that followed. But the details… they’re fascinating. Rabbi Shimon Ben Yochai, a toweri...
The Pesikta DeRav Kahana, a collection of Midrashic teachings, gives us a glimpse, almost a first-hand account. Rabbi Yochanan, a prominent sage, is teaching about this very moment...
They're…complicated, to say the least. : Cain and Abel, Ishmael and Isaac, Esau and Jacob, Joseph and his brothers. Talk about a mixed bag! So, when the Song of Songs (8:1) says, "...
It’s in those very moments that Jewish tradition whispers some of its most powerful promises. to one such whisper, found in the Pesikta DeRav Kahana, a collection of rabbinic teach...
Rabbi Hoshaya, quoting Rabbi Afes, paints a breathtaking picture of the future. He says that in the days to come, Jerusalem will be like a torch for all the nations, and they will ...
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 ...
