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.

Giving of the Torah and Sammael

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 45:7

A story found woven into the ancient text of Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer. The scene: Mount Sinai. Moses is up there receiving the Torah, the ultimate gift, the very blueprint for a just...

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Divine Presence and Levi

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 45:11

The text from Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, chapter 45, sheds some light. The Rabbi points out that "All the princes were not associated in the affair of the calf." Where do we see this?...

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Righteousness of Moses and Anger

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 45:13

The ancient texts are full of these brushes with oblivion, and the forces, both divine and human, that intervene. to a fascinating passage from Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a collection...

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The Ten Commandments of Sabbath

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 46:1

We know the big story: God, Moses, the Ten Commandments... but what about the details? to a fascinating passage from Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a beautiful and often imaginative work ...

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Giving of the Torah and Atonement

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 46:7

According to Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating collection of stories and interpretations, Moses spent forty days atop Mount Sinai. Imagine him there, not just receiving the Tor...

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Day of Atonement and Sammael

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 46:9

We all know it's a time of intense reflection, fasting, and prayer. But according to Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating early medieval text, there's a cosmic drama unfolding alo...

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Kingdom of Phineas

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 47:8

He’s the one who, in a moment of righteous zeal, stopped a plague by taking decisive action against public immorality (Numbers 25). It’s a complex story, filled with passion and qu...

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Kingdom of Moses and Eleazar

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 47:11

The story of the Midianites in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, chapter 47, really dives into that urgency. It's a fascinating, and at times, unsettling account of revenge and its consequen...

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Moses and the Dreamer of Jannai

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 48:5

We often talk about it in broad strokes – centuries of suffering, a nation in bondage. But what if I told you that, according to one tradition, the actual period of intense enslave...

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