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.

Joseph the Dreamer and Jerusalem

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 7:8

That feeling resonates deeply within Jewish tradition. We see it reflected in the ancient text of Kohelet Rabbah, specifically in its interpretation of the verse "all the rivers go...

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Kingdom of Rabbi Eliezer and Yehoshua

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 8:4

Kohelet Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the book of Ecclesiastes, wrestles with this very question, offering us some pretty intense stories. One tale recounts a...

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Solomon and Creation

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 13:1

The Book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as it's known in Hebrew, grapples with this very feeling. It's a wisdom text, a philosophical exploration of life's meaning, or sometimes, its ...

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Solomon at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 14:1

The book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as it's known in Hebrew, grapples with this very feeling. "I have seen all the actions that were performed under the sun; and, behold, everythi...

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Sin of the First Pair and Yehuda

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 15:2

Our tradition wrestles with this very feeling. The book of Kohelet, or Ecclesiastes, famously explores the futility of life, that "all is vanity." But within the rabbinic expansion...

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Moses at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 18:1

Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as it's called in Hebrew, is full of his reflections, and one line in particular always gets me: "For with much wisdom is much vexation; and one who increa...

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Solomon and the Queen of Jerusalem

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 5:1

The verse in question: "I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted in them trees of every fruit" (Ecclesiastes 2:5). The rabbis weren't content with a simple reading. They w...

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Seven Species of the Land and Lebanon

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 6:1

The verse in question is Ecclesiastes 2:6: “I made myself pools of water to irrigate from them a forest which grows trees.” Sounds straightforward enough. But what does it really m...

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Divine Spirit and the Lawgiver

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 8:1

Kohelet, the book of Ecclesiastes traditionally attributed to Solomon, wrestles with just that. And Kohelet Rabbah, the rabbinic commentary on Ecclesiastes, digs even deeper. Let's...

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