Parshat Shoftim

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Laws of judges and officers, the king, the Levitical priests, true and false prophets, cities of refuge, and warfare. Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9.

Elisha and the Angels

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 103:6

Take Psalm 103, for example. It’s a song of praise, a declaration of divine forgiveness and goodness. But Midrash Tehillim, an ancient collection of interpretations on the Book of ...

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Moses Before the King and Messiah

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 104:4

The Midrash Tehillim, a collection of homiletic interpretations of the Book of Psalms, offers a fascinating perspective on these qualities, especially in relation to God, and how t...

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Sarah: Kingdom of Abraham

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 105:4

The ancient rabbis certainly did. And they found evidence of it woven throughout the stories of our ancestors. to a fascinating little gem from Midrash Tehillim (a collection of ra...

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Kingdom of Mordechai

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 106:4

King David knew the feeling. Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic teachings on the Book of Psalms, opens a window into David's heart – and perhaps our own. The verse we’re di...

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Promises to the Fathers and Isaiah

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 111:2

Midrash Tehillim, an ancient collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Psalms, dives into this very idea. Specifically, it unpacks the verse, "I will give thanks to the...

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Moses Before the King

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 119:7

We all do. But what if I told you there's a secret weapon, a way to shield yourself from that negative influence? The sages of old believed that the answer lies within the Torah it...

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Kingdom of David

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 119:9

King David did. And his feelings echo across the millennia to us. Psalm 119:19 says, "I am a stranger in the land; do not hide your commandments from me." It’s a powerful line, fil...

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Kingdom of David and Nehemiah

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 119:12

And it’s something the ancient rabbis wrestled with too, finding a powerful echo of it in the words of King David in the Tehillim, the Book of Psalms. Specifically, we find this re...

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Foundations of Being and Daniel

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 119:25

We often take for granted the stability around us, the fact that the sky is (usually) above us and the ground beneath. But where does that stability come from? Midrash Tehillim, an...

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