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.

Madai and the Origins of the World

Midrash Aggadah Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 545:1

Sometimes, the clues are hidden in plain sight, tucked away in unexpected places. Let's take a peek into the Yalkut Shimoni, a vast collection of rabbinic commentary on the Bible, ...

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Holy Temple Among the Fathers

Midrash Aggadah Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 836:6

The Yalkut Shimoni, a compilation of rabbinic teachings on the Bible, sheds light on this very question, drawing from Psalm 87:1-2: "Of the sons of Korah, a song with musical accom...

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Messianic King in David's Court

Midrash Aggadah Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 711:4

It's more than just a nice sentiment. It's absolutely fundamental. In fact, Rabbi Yehoshua of Sikhnin, quoting Rabbi Levi, makes a powerful statement: "Great is peace, for all bles...

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Chambers of Heaven

Midrash Aggadah Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 788:15

As it says in the Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 788, "Do not deceive the land." Now, this might sound strange. How can we deceive the land? One interpretation offered is a straightforwar...

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Kingdom of Moses

Other Texts Sifrei Bamidbar 1:1

The passage begins with God speaking to Moses, commanding him to instruct the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone afflicted with tzara'at (often translated as leprosy, tho...

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Glory of the Temple

Other Texts Sifrei Bamidbar 1:7

In the book of Bamidbar – Numbers, in English – we find a fascinating passage that deals precisely with this: the idea of sacred space, separation, and the surprising presence of t...

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Torah and Wisdom of Akiva

Other Texts Sifrei Bamidbar 5:1

The Book of Bamidbar, or Numbers, dives right into that. Specifically, Bamidbar 5:9 lays out the rules for terumah, the portion of the harvest given to the Cohein, the priest. Let'...

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Daily Sacrifices and Cohanim

Other Texts Sifrei Bamidbar 6:1

Today, we’re going to explore just a tiny piece of that world, focusing on a passage from Sifrei Bamidbar, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Numbers (Bamidbar in...

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Visions of Daniel and Cohein

Other Texts Sifrei Bamidbar 8:1

The bits that make you scratch your head and think, "Wait, what was that all about?" Well, today we're diving headfirst into one of those fascinatingly strange passages: the case o...

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