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Jewish tradition definitely paints that picture. It's not just a distant Creator winding up the universe and letting it go. No, according to our sages, God’s been intimately presen...
The creation of the heavens and the earth... it's a story that resonates deep within Jewish tradition, filled with wonder and the sheer power of the Divine. Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer,...
That's just a glimpse into the incredible story of Joseph in Egypt, as recounted in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating ancient Jewish text. This isn't just the Joseph of the mul...
God is calling to Moses from the burning bush. A pretty dramatic way to get someone's attention. And what's the message? "Go to Pharaoh and bring my people out of Egypt!" (Exodus 3...
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...
The Torah tells us that Moses, having fled Egypt after, well, that incident, was trying to settle into life in Midian. But trouble seemed to follow him. Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a f...
The Torah, in the Book of Numbers (Bamidbar), deals with just such a complex situation – the case of the sotah, the woman suspected of adultery. It's a thorny issue, isn't it? Accu...
They're not just there to fill space. They often open up surprising insights into human nature and our relationship with the Divine. Take, for example, a passage from Sifrei Bamidb...
The verse we're looking at is from Numbers 10:30: "And he said to him: I will not go; but to my land and to my kindred I will go." Who is "he," and why won't he go? This "he" is Ch...
