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.

The Tree of Life and Yitzchak

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 1:17

The mystics certainly did. And what was their water, their sunlight, their very soil? The Torah. Midrash Tehillim, a beautiful collection of interpretations on the Book of Psalms, ...

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Messiah's Prophetic Vision and Magog

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 2:3

Psalm 2 definitely gets that feeling. “Kings of the earth will stand up, and rulers will band together, against the Lord and against His anointed, saying, 'Let us break their bonds...

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Jesse in Battle

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 4:8

And Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations of the Book of Psalms, gives us a glimpse into his struggle. The text opens with a raw, almost painful cry: "How long...

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Solomon's Judgment

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 5:2

Is there a reason? Is there a divine purpose behind it? Midrash Tehillim, a collection of homiletic interpretations of the Book of Psalms, grapples with this very issue, drawing on...

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Kingdom of Adam and David

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 5:3

David, millennia later, giving voice to the unspoken gratitude of humanity's dawn. Rabbi Samuel, whose teaching is recorded in the Midrash, identifies four specific Psalms. First, ...

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Righteousness in Heaven

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 5:5

It’s a question that’s echoed through the ages, and one that our tradition wrestles with beautifully. Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Psal...

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Heart of David

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 6:4

King David knew that feeling. And he put it into words that still resonate with us today. Psalm 31:15. "And my soul is greatly troubled (and you incline your ear), and you, Lord, u...

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Sacred Service and Zechariah

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 6:7

That feeling, that raw emotion, is at the heart of a powerful story preserved in Midrash Tehillim, a collection of interpretations on the Book of Psalms. It's a story about faith, ...

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David: Doeg and the Torah

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 7:4

The Psalms, those ancient songs of King David, knew all about that feeling. And the Rabbis, centuries later, unpacked those feelings in their own special way, through midrash. Take...

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