Parshat Noach

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The story of Noah and the great flood, the ark, the covenant of the rainbow, the Tower of Babel, and the generations from Noah to Abraham. Genesis 6:9-11:32.

Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 20

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Another interpretation (of Numb. 3:40), “enroll every first-born male.” This text is related (to Cant. 6:8-9), “There are sixty queens, eighty concubines, and maidens without numbe...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Pinchas 16

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Pinchas 16

(Numb. 29:35:) “On the eighth day [you shall have] a solemn assembly.” This text is related (to Is. 26:16), “You have added to the nation O Lord, You have added to the nation and b...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Eikev 9

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Eikev 9

At that time, etc. (Deuteronomy 10:1): This is what the verse stated (Ecclesiastes 3:1), "A time and season is set for everything, for every experience under heaven." There was a t...

Adam & Eve

The Fall Of Lucifer

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One figure looms large in this discussion: Lucifer. The name itself means "light-bringer" or "shining one," and the story surrounding him is… complicated, especially when we look a...

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How Rabbi Ishmael Was Conceived

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They say he was so strikingly handsome, he resembled an angel. And his story, well, it begins a bit like a fairy tale. His parents, you see, had longed for a child for many, many y...

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The Holy Spirit

Tree of Souls

Jewish tradition has a powerful and beautiful answer: the Ruah ha-Kodesh, the Holy Spirit. According to tradition, before the Throne of Glory, before angels, before even the stars ...

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The Mind Of God

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I mean, everything! Think of it as the ultimate hard drive, loaded with every app, every file, every program imaginable – and even the ones unimaginable! According to some of our a...

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The Eyes Of God

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Because the eyes of God, we're told, are everywhere. It's a powerful image, isn't it? From His throne in Heaven, God's eyes observe absolutely everything that takes place in the wo...

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Mother Zion

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Jewish tradition offers a powerful, heart-wrenching image: Mother Zion. The image of Mother Zion comes from a deep well of sorrow and longing, born from the exiles and devastations...

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