Parshat Eikev

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Promises of blessing for obedience, the description of the Land of Israel, remembering the golden calf, and the second tablets. Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25.

Pharaoh: Moses Speaks for God

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 40:7

That feeling, that sense of profound loss, isn't just a modern phenomenon. Our Sages wrestled with it too. Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating and often imaginative work of Jewis...

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Judah: Pillars of Fire and Cloud

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 42:6

We all know the story of the Exodus, of course. Moses, the pillar of cloud, the parting waters… But who was brave enough to actually take the first step into the unknown? According...

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Prophecy of Elijah and Jehudah

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 43:12

Rabbi Jehudah, a voice of wisdom in this ancient text, puts it rather bluntly: If Israel doesn't repent, there will be no redemption. Pretty straightforward. But then comes the kic...

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Wisdom of Amalek and Moses

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 44:5

That feeling, that connection, it's at the heart of this story from Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, Chapter 44. The Israelites are facing a fearsome foe: Amalek. Moses, wise and divinely c...

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Righteousness of Moses and Anger

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 45:13

The ancient texts are full of these brushes with oblivion, and the forces, both divine and human, that intervene. to a fascinating passage from Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a collection...

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Blessing of Sammael

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 46:8

Jewish tradition wrestles with these questions constantly, and one particularly fascinating perspective comes from Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a collection of stories and interpretatio...

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Righteousness of Phineas

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 47:7

The biblical figure who takes decisive action in a moment of crisis. We find his story, filled with zeal and righteous anger, explored in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, specifically chapt...

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Abraham and Noah of Abram

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 48:1

Our ancestors wrestled with these questions too, and their stories offer profound insights. Let's delve into one such story, found in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, chapter 48, and see wh...

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Moses and the Dreamer of Jannai

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 48:5

We often talk about it in broad strokes – centuries of suffering, a nation in bondage. But what if I told you that, according to one tradition, the actual period of intense enslave...

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