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It turns out, even a seemingly simple verse about crops can open up a whole world of midrashic interpretation. Take Exodus 9:31-32: “The flax and the barley were stricken, as the b...
The book of Leviticus, or Vayikra in Hebrew, opens with laws about sacrifices. But within Vayikra Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on Leviticus, we find ourselves c...
We've all been there, but none of us remember. Jewish tradition, though, offers some pretty fascinating, almost poetic descriptions. , shall we? Imagine, if you will, the very begi...
It’s a story rooted deep in the Flood narrative, and it's got some seriously fascinating layers. After the great flood, Noah needed to know if the waters had receded. So, he sent o...
We find this tale in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating collection of stories and interpretations from the early Middle Ages. It paints a vivid picture: Jacob arrives at a well....
And that's exactly what we're going to do today, diving into a really cool, albeit lesser-known, ancient text called Seder Olam Zutta. Now, Seder Olam Zutta—which literally transla...
Our tradition has a powerful image for that feeling, and it all revolves around… rain. Specifically, rain in its proper time. Deuteronomy 11:14. Let's take a look: "And I shall giv...
We're constantly juggling seemingly contradictory ideas, holding them in tension, trying to find the deeper truth hidden within. Here's a perfect example, straight from Sifrei Deva...
Like you're about to figure something out, and then BAM! A little voice pops up to say, "Hold on a second..." Well, that’s kind of what's happening in this passage from Sifrei Deva...
