Parshat Kedoshim

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The holiness code: love your neighbor, respect parents, keep Shabbat, honest dealings, and ethical commandments. Leviticus 19:1-20:27.

Death of Moses and Michael

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 42:3

Talk about pressure! So, what do you do when you're stuck between a relentless enemy and a seemingly impassable sea? That's exactly the question Moses puts to the Holy One, blessed...

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Moses Remembered

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 42:4

Moses, our leader, does exactly what God tells him to do. "Stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it," (Ex. 14:16). Simple enough. Except… it doesn't work. As Pirkei DeRab...

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Mission of Moses and Egyptians

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 42:8

We're going to look at a passage from Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, specifically chapter 42. This work, Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, is a beautiful, almost dreamlike, retelling of biblical na...

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David Among the Heavenly Host

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 43:3

This story comes to us from Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating text filled with tales and legends. It tells of a moment when someone – and the text doesn't explicitly name names...

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Judgment of the Wicked

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 43:7

Imagine this: two companions stand before the Holy One, blessed be He, and they have a complaint. A serious one. "Sovereign of the universe!" they exclaim, "There's favoritism here...

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Giving of the Torah and Sammael

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 45:7

A story found woven into the ancient text of Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer. The scene: Mount Sinai. Moses is up there receiving the Torah, the ultimate gift, the very blueprint for a just...

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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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The Golden Calf and Pardon

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 46:13

to a fascinating moment between Moses and the Holy One, blessed be He, from Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, chapter 46. The scene is intense. The Israelites have committed the grave sin of...

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