Parshat Lech Lecha

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God calls Abraham to leave his homeland for Canaan. Covers Abraham and Sarah in Egypt, the separation from Lot, the war of the kings, and the covenant between the pieces. Genesis 12:1-17:27.

Esau: Rebecca and Creation

Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar Rabbah 21:20

It might be more than just luck. to a fascinating passage from Bamidbar Rabbah (Numbers Rabbah) 21, which uses the biblical verse "My offering, My food… you shall observe to presen...

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Daily Sacrifices and Sukkot

Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar Rabbah 21:24

The ancient rabbis certainly did. They found that very human feeling reflected in the Torah itself, specifically in the book of Numbers, Bamidbar in Hebrew. And they explore it in ...

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Moses Before the King and Rabbis

Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar Rabbah 22:3

to one such verse, found in Numbers 31:4, which speaks of sending soldiers to battle against Midian: "One thousand from each and every tribe [elef lamateh elef lamateh], from all t...

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Ahithophel Beyond the Firmament

Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar Rabbah 22:7

The book of Numbers, Bamidbar in Hebrew, recounts the Israelites' journey through the wilderness. In chapter 32, we encounter the tribes of Reuben and Gad. "The children of Reuben ...

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Songs of David and Aaron

Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar Rabbah 23:2

The verse in Psalm 77:21 says, "You led [naḥita] Your people like a flock in the hands of Moses and Aaron." The rabbis, in their insightful way, saw more than just a simple stateme...

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Akhan and the Origins of the World

Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar Rabbah 23:6

Take, for example, the verse in Numbers: "This will be the land that will fall [tipol] to you as an inheritance." (Numbers 34:2). "Fall?" the Rabbis asked. Does land just fall? Isn...

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Moses and the Ark of Land

Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar Rabbah 23:7

We often take it for granted, but the bracha, the blessing after the meal, has a rich history, deeply intertwined with our relationship to the Land of Israel. Our source for this j...

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Yoav at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar Rabbah 23:13

The text opens with a powerful image. "The power of His deeds He told to His people" (Psalms 111:6). According to Bamidbar Rabbah, God could have simply created a new land for the ...

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Heart of David and Yehoshua

Midrash Rabbah Bereshit Rabbah 1:2

It's more than just a beautiful poem about light and darkness, waters above and waters below. It's actually a powerful argument against a very old accusation. Rabbi Yehoshua of Sik...

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