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to a fascinating piece of Jewish thought from Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic teachings that interpret the Book of Psalms. This particular passage, focusing on Psalm 80,...
Take Psalm 81:2, for example: "Raise a song, strike the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp." But then it continues, "Sound the shofar at the New Moon, at the full moon for ou...
Our tradition is filled with such moments, and one of the most powerful surrounds Jacob's famous dream. We find it in the book of Genesis, where Jacob, fleeing from his brother Esa...
Midrash Tehillim, a collection of interpretations on the Book of Psalms, offers a startling perspective on the famine that forced Jacob and his family to leave Canaan. “And there w...
Our sages certainly thought so, and they had some amazing stories to illustrate just that. to one, found in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, specifically chapter 16. It tells of Eliezer, Ab...
Today, let's talk about Eliezer, Abraham's trusted steward. But who was this Eliezer, really? The Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating early collection of biblical stories and exp...
That, according to Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, is precisely what happened at the Tower of Babel. The story goes that the builders of the Tower, all speaking the same language, suddenly...
Jewish tradition is full of stories of righteous individuals who, facing persecution, chose to flee. And often, it was the very act of fleeing that led them to salvation and a deep...
It all starts with the story of Isaac, and a verse from Genesis 26:12: "And Isaac sowed in that land." Now, what did Isaac sow? Grain? Rabbi Eliezer, in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, sto...
