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The Torah, and the wisdom of our Sages, are deeply concerned with justice, with making sure the scales are balanced. And the story of Isaac and his sons, Jacob and Esau, is a power...
And they found hints of it in the most unexpected places – like the story of Jacob sending Judah ahead to Joseph in Goshen (Genesis 46:28). The verse says, "He sent Judah before hi...
The verse that really gets us thinking is Ecclesiastes 9:6: "Even their love, even their hatred and even their envy, have already perished; they will never again have a portion in ...
The Torah is full of stories that grapple with these very questions, and one passage in Shemot Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Exodus, really dives ...
We find a powerful example of this in Shemot Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Exodus. The Rabbis ask us to consider how God relates to us, specifical...
We know the science, the orbits, the rotations... But what about the story behind it all? What's the cosmic drama unfolding behind the scenes of our everyday sunrise and sunset? We...
This ancient text, a treasure trove of aggadic (interpretive) narratives, offers a unique lens through which to view familiar biblical tales. Our story centers on a woman, unnamed ...
Jacob certainly did. Imagine this: He's returning home after years away, and he knows his brother Esau – the very brother he tricked out of his birthright – is coming to meet him. ...
One intriguing explanation offered in the Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 653 suggests that certain aspects of divine knowledge were given "in secret due to the accuser" – that is, Satan. N...
