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.

Acts of Creation

Philo The Midrash of Philo 2:2

Philo, a Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria around the time of Jesus, delved into these questions. He wrote extensively on the Torah, often offering allegorical interpretat...

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The Great Flood

Philo The Midrash of Philo 14:1

We're talking about the exact day, the precise number...it's all there for a reason. Take, for instance, the end of the Great Flood. Genesis 8:14 pointedly tells us, "the earth was...

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Adonai: Noah at the Dawn of Creation

Philo The Midrash of Philo 20:5

That feeling, that impulse – it gets to the heart of what it means to be truly grateful, and what it means to connect with the Divine. The Midrash of Philo touches on this very poi...

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Noah's Offering

Philo The Midrash of Philo 20:9

He sacrifices some animals. End of story. But what if there was a deeper meaning hidden within those verses? That's what the Midrash of Philo explores when it asks about Genesis 8:...

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Abraham's Transgression and Chaldaeans

Philo The Midrash of Philo 7:1

"I am the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of the Chaldaeans to give thee this land for an inheritance" (Genesis 15:7). It's not just a generic "Hey, I'm God!" introdu...

Creation

Abraham at the Dawn of Creation

Philo The Midrash of Philo 13:2

The ancient sages certainly did. And they found profound meaning in that feeling. to a fascinating interpretation of a well-known biblical passage, explored in the Midrash of Philo...

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Abraham in Battle and Sarai

Philo The Midrash of Philo 4:1

Our question comes from Genesis 16:4: "When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes." Seems simple enough. Hagar, Sarai’s maidservant, becomes pregnan...

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Wisdom of Sarah of Abraham

Philo The Midrash of Philo 5:2

Let's delve into a fascinating interpretation of Sarah's complaint against Abraham in the Midrash of Philo, a window into the complexities of relationships and the pursuit of wisdo...

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Sarah's Transgression of Abraham

Philo The Midrash of Philo 6:1

We all know the story of Abraham, or Avraham as we say in Hebrew, and his wife Sarah, or Sarah. They longed for a child, but time was passing. So Sarah, following the customs of th...

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