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.

Patience of Job and Land

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 34:7

Rab Huna, a prominent Amoraic Sage of the 3rd century, has something quite striking to say about it, preserved for us in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer. He suggests that the location of ou...

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Lord God Among the Fathers

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 34:10

Jewish tradition, rich with layers of meaning and metaphor, grapples with this in some fascinating ways. to one particularly vivid description found in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fa...

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Journey of Souls and Songs

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 34:15

One particularly evocative image comes from Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, specifically chapter 34. This text, a fascinating collection of stories and interpretations, delves into all sor...

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Jacob's Legacy and Ephraim

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 36:7

It turns out, that feeling might be more ancient and profound than you think. Jewish tradition actually has something pretty amazing to say about it. to a fascinating little teachi...

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Jacob in Heaven

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 36:13

We’re diving into some fascinating details from Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, specifically chapter 36, a text brimming with tantalizing tidbits. Rabbi Eliezer paints a vivid picture of J...

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Isaac and Noah

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 36:21

That's the pickle Isaac found himself in with the Philistines. We find the story in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer (Chapter 36), a fascinating text that retells and expands upon biblical n...

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David in Battle and Jacob

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 37:1

It all starts with King David, and his ambition to conquer the land of Edom. According to this ancient text, David really wanted to come into the land of Edom, but he couldn't. Why...

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Jacob Among the Heavenly Host

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 37:5

Our ancestor Jacob had that experience, big time, at the ford of the Jabbok (יַבֹּק), a river mentioned in Genesis. The story, as told in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer (chapter 37), a fas...

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Throne of Glory and Levi

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 37:7

It’s a fascinating story that takes us from the biblical Jacob to the very Throne of Glory, with a little help from the angel Michael. According to Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascin...

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