Parshat Miketz

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Pharaoh's dreams, Joseph's rise to power in Egypt, the famine, and the brothers' first journey to Egypt. Genesis 41:1-44:17.

Dawn of the World and Joseph

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 80:2

That tension, that push-and-pull, it's something our ancestors wrestled with too. And wouldn't you know it, the ancient wisdom of the Midrash Tehillim, a collection of interpretati...

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Life of Moses and Pharaoh

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 119:19

One that echoes even in the ancient words of Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic commentaries on the Book of Psalms. Specifically, we're looking at interpretations of Psalm ...

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Jacob and the Origins of the World

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 8:5

Like the calendar is just... off? Well, our ancestors in Egypt felt that way too. And it all ties into a fascinating, and often overlooked, concept: the Jewish calendar and the pra...

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Levi and Adam

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 9:7

The ancient text Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating collection of stories and interpretations, suggests that there just might be. Today we're diving into chapter 9, and you won'...

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Joseph at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 19:12

The ancient Jewish sages understood that feeling intimately. They saw it reflected in the verses of Psalms, and wove those verses into tales of hope and resilience. Today, let's de...

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Joseph: Jacob and the Fires of Gehenna

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 38:12

That’s the kind of secret we’re diving into today, a painful moment ripped from the story of Joseph and his brothers. We find ourselves in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, Chapter 38, a fas...

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Jacob's Journey

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 39:3

Jewish tradition has a fascinating way of showing us that sometimes, just sometimes, we need a little divine… addition. Let’s turn to a text called Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a wonder...

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Death of Machpelah and Esau

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 39:14

The scene: The Cave of Machpelah in Hebron, the ancient burial ground purchased by Abraham himself. Jacob, also known as Israel, has passed away in Egypt, and his sons are bringing...

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Pharaoh: Moses Speaks for God

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 40:7

That feeling, that sense of profound loss, isn't just a modern phenomenon. Our Sages wrestled with it too. Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating and often imaginative work of Jewis...

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