Parshat Terumah

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Detailed instructions for building the Tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant, the menorah, and the altar. Exodus 25:1-27:19.

From Nothing to Everything and Sacrifice

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 117:1

The Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic commentaries on the Book of Psalms, explores this very idea. It begins with the verse, "I will offer You a sacrifice of thanksgiving....

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Faith of Terach

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 118:11

The Midrash teaches us that it's better to trust in God than to rely on the words of even our own parents. Why? Because human understanding is limited, and only God sees the whole ...

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Michael Among the Heavenly Host and Temple

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 134:1

Our tradition teaches that even then, sacred work continues. Midrash Tehillim, a collection of interpretations on the Book of Psalms, sheds light on Psalm 134, "A Song of Ascents: ...

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Kingdom of David of Isaiah

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 145:1

This midrash, a kind of interpretive commentary, opens by linking David's words in Psalm 145 – "I will exalt you, my God the King" – to the prophet Isaiah's similar declaration in ...

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Story of Temple

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 11:1

It feels like the Bible just breezes through it: animals, done! But, of course, there's so much more to the story when you start digging. Imagine the scene. According to Pirkei DeR...

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Watchers from Above and Hosea

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 12:11

Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, an early collection of Biblical stories and interpretations, gives us a glimpse. It paints a picture of a God deeply invested in the well-being of this new ...

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Shammai and Creation of School

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 18:1

What do you do? Where do you turn? According to Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating early medieval text, the sages responded with a beautiful, practical solution. They decreed th...

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Birth of Ishmael of Abraham

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 31:5

The Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating collection of stories and interpretations from the early Middle Ages, gives us a glimpse. It tells us that Isaac was thirty-seven years ol...

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Trial of Abraham and Simeon

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 31:8

We're talking about Abraham and Isaac on their journey to Mount Moriah, a story that echoes through millennia and still has the power to shake us. The scene is stark. Abraham, havi...

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