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.

Abraham and the Patriarchs of Jerusalem

Midrash Rabbah Shir HaShirim Rabbah 2:1

Ever read the Song of Songs and thought, "Wow, that's...intense?" It's a book of love poetry, after all, and some of the imagery can feel pretty direct. Take the verse, "How fair a...

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Ministering Angels and Esau

Midrash Rabbah Shir HaShirim Rabbah 5:1

It’s like a tiny seed containing an entire orchard. Take, for instance, the verse from Song of Songs 7:5: "Your neck is like an ivory tower; your eyes are pools in Ḥeshbon, by the ...

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Letters of Torah and Shema

Midrash Rabbah Shir HaShirim Rabbah 13:1

You know, the Song of Songs, also known as Shir HaShirim in Hebrew, is that incredibly sensual, passionate, and often mysterious book in the Bible. It's been interpreted in so many...

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Songs: Mount Sinai at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Rabbah Shir HaShirim Rabbah 2:1

It all revolves around the verse in Song of Songs 8:2: "I would lead you, would bring you to my mother's house, that you would teach me; I would give you to drink from the spiced w...

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Giving of the Torah and the Wilderness

Midrash Rabbah Shir HaShirim Rabbah 5:1

That feeling, that journey, is at the heart of a beautiful passage from Shir HaShirim Rabbah (Song of Songs Rabbah) 5, which opens with the evocative line: "Who is that ascending f...

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Yehoyakhin and the King

Midrash Rabbah Shir HaShirim Rabbah 6:2

Jewish tradition grapples with this very idea, and sometimes finds surprising answers in unexpected places. Today, let's dive into Shir HaShirim Rabbah – an ancient commentary on t...

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Teachings of Solomon

Midrash Rabbah Shir HaShirim Rabbah 10:1

to a fascinating interpretation from Shir HaShirim Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic teachings on the Song of Songs, specifically chapter 8, verse 11: "Solomon had a vineyard at Baa...

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Mikhael and the Origins of the World

Midrash Rabbah Shir HaShirim Rabbah 10:2

The text begins with a beautiful analogy, connecting the "vineyard" mentioned in Song of Songs to the Sanhedrin, the ancient Jewish high court. Why a vineyard? Because, as we learn...

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Nebuchadnezzar and Creation of Fall

Midrash Rabbah Shir HaShirim Rabbah 11:1

We're looking at verse 8:12: “My vineyard is before me; the thousand is for you, Solomon, and two hundred for those who guard its fruit.” What does this seemingly simple verse real...

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