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.

Covenant of Abraham and Avimelekh

Midrash Rabbah Bereshit Rabbah 54:4

Jewish tradition certainly thinks so. to a passage from Bereshit Rabbah, a classic collection of rabbinic interpretations of the Book of Genesis, to see just how much weight our Sa...

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Enosh and the Ark of Flood

Midrash Rabbah Shir HaShirim Rabbah 2:3

Like, you look around and wonder, "How did we get here?" Well, ancient Jewish wisdom has some thoughts on that – and a surprising solution involving a rose. to Shir HaShirim Rabbah...

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The Ark of the Covenant and Shlomo

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 24:8

The story, as told in Midrash Tehillim, revolves around the moment Shlomo wanted to bring the Aron Kodesh, the Ark of the Covenant, into the Kodesh Hakodashim, the Holy of Holies. ...

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Covenant of Abraham and Israelites

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 36:18

The people of Jebus, knowing the Israelites were coming, weren't about to just roll out the welcome mat. But how could they possibly hold off the Israelites, especially knowing abo...

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Joshua: The Ark of the Covenant

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 38:16

That’s precisely the situation Joshua faced after the Israelites' initial defeat at Ai. The story, as we find it in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, chapter 38, begins with Joshua in anguis...

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David: The Ark of the Covenant

Other Texts Sifrei Bamidbar 46:2

And it happened to King David himself, involving none other than the Ark of the Covenant. We find ourselves in Bamidbar (Numbers 7:9), where the Torah is describing the gifts given...

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Covenant of Moses and Abraham

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 8:1

It's like when Moses, in the book of Devarim (Deuteronomy), reminds the Israelites about the land G-d promised them, saying, "which the L-rd swore to your fathers… to Abraham, to I...

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Ark of Salvation and Noah

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 10:1

And our tradition, Jewish tradition, certainly doesn’t shy away from trying to answer it. Today, let's peek into the Book of Jubilees, a text that, while not part of the standard H...

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Abram: Covenant of Abraham

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 15:5

The Book of Jubilees, a text bubbling with detail about the early days of humankind and covenants with God, offers a fascinating glimpse. In the 15th chapter, we find Abraham – sti...

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