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.

Cain and Creation of Abel

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 3:1

And the Rabbis of the Midrash, in Kohelet Rabbah, take this even further, using stories and interpretations to unpack the weight of those feelings. One particularly stark verse the...

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Moses: Adam and Creation

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 10:1

The book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as it's known in Hebrew, wrestles with these very feelings. One verse in particular, Ecclesiastes 6:10, really gets to the heart of it: "What w...

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Teachings of Aaron and Moses

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 1:2

to a fascinating discussion from Kohelet Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations of the Book of Ecclesiastes, about the appointment of Aaron as the High Priest. The Rabbis...

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Moses Beyond the Firmament and Betzalel

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 11:1

Kohelet Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Ecclesiastes, tackles this very question, and it does it in such a wonderfully human way. It all starts with...

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Noah's Offering and Moses

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 1:1

The book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet in Hebrew, certainly does. And the rabbis of the Midrash, in Kohelet Rabbah, wrestled with it too. Specifically, they hone in on a verse that r...

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Celestial Visions and Alexandri

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 10:1

Kohelet Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Ecclesiastes, wrestles with this very question. And it’s a question that hits at the heart of how we live ou...

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Bar Kappara and the Heavenly Realms

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 10:3

The grief is so intense that the townspeople declare a ban: anyone who dares announce the Rabbi's death will face dire consequences. Can you imagine the tension? The air thick with...

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Pillars of Existence and Yehoshua

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 5:1

Kohelet Rabbah, a collection of Rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Ecclesiastes, explores this very human experience with the verse, "There is an evil that I have seen under t...

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Dina: Pharaoh at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 8:1

Take the verse from Ecclesiastes (10:8): “One who digs a pit will fall into it; and one who breaches a fence, a serpent will bite him.” It's a powerful image. But what does it real...

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