Parshat Shemot

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The Israelites' enslavement in Egypt, the birth of Moses, Moses at the burning bush, and God's call to liberate His people. Exodus 1:1-6:1.

Deborah: Moses and Creation

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 4:16

It turns out, that instinct might be deeply woven into the fabric of our tradition. Because according to Midrash Tehillim, that feeling is intrinsically linked to music. Specifical...

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Angels Attend to Moses and Nahaliel

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 5:1

The ancient rabbis certainly thought so. And they found echoes of this idea even in the seemingly simple words of the Psalms. Specifically, in Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rab...

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Pharaoh Faces Judgment

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 9:17

Midrash Tehillim 9, a fascinating exploration of Psalm 9, unpacks this very idea using vivid imagery. It paints a picture of nations ensnared in their own traps, drowned in the ver...

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Kingdom of David and Moses

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 16:2

Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Psalms, delves into this very idea in its sixteenth section. It paints a picture of David, the king, in co...

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Pharaoh's Journey

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 18:12

Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Psalms, offers a fascinating glimpse into this divine-human "battle" during the Exodus. It's not just abou...

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Pharaoh's Legacy and Amalek

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 18:19

And it's one the ancient rabbis explored deeply through their interpretations of the Book of Psalms, or Tehillim. to a fascinating passage from Midrash Tehillim, specifically on Ps...

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Moses's Song of Abraham

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 18:20

Psalm 18:26 offers a fascinating, and perhaps unsettling, answer: "With a pious person, act piously; with an upright man, be upright; with a pure one, be pure; and with a crooked o...

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Teachings of Moses

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 18:28

Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic teachings on the Book of Psalms, opens up this very question. It tells us that the Holy One gifted the world no less than three core elem...

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Isaiah: Moses and Divine Judgment

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 21:4

It all starts with a verse from Psalm 21:2, "You have given him the desire of his heart." But what is the desire of his heart? The Midrash asks, what about "the permission of his l...

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