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Beautiful. But what does that imagery evoke? Shir HaShirim Rabbah, a Midrashic collection (meaning a collection of interpretations and stories) focusing on the Song of Songs, unpac...
Specifically, Song of Songs 1:17: "The beams of our houses are cedars, and our panels are cypresses." Seems simple enough. But like so much in Jewish tradition, there's a deeper la...
And, as with many ancient mysteries, there's not just one answer, but a tapestry of explanations woven together. One fascinating perspective comes to us from Rabbi Yehuda, quoting ...
In Shir HaShirim Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Song of Songs, we find a fascinating discussion about these pesky creatures and what they represent. Rabbi ...
It's one of those biblical scenes that's both epic and deeply mysterious. Who was this "man" Jacob wrestled with all night? And what does this strange encounter really mean? Our jo...
It’s like a tiny seed containing an entire orchard. Take, for instance, the verse from Song of Songs 7:5: "Your neck is like an ivory tower; your eyes are pools in Ḥeshbon, by the ...
It’s a question that’s echoed down the centuries, and one that the ancient rabbis grappled with too. In Vayikra Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic homilies on the Book of Leviticus, ...
Vayikra Rabbah, a fascinating collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Leviticus, delves into this very question, challenging us to examine our motivations and the imp...
Birth order, historical sequence. But what if there’s more to it than that? Vayikra Rabbah 36, a fascinating passage in the rabbinic commentary on Leviticus, flips that script on u...
