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Take the Song of Songs, that beautiful, sensual poem. It seems simple enough. But the rabbis of old… they saw worlds within worlds. Consider this verse from chapter 6, verse 6: "Yo...
They understood that a community, just like a person, needs eyes to see, to discern, to navigate the complexities of life. And where do we find these "eyes"? The answer, surprising...
The Torah starts the book of Leviticus—Vayikra in Hebrew—with just that kind of a call. "He called to Moses, and the Lord spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying…" (Leviticus...
The Jewish tradition teaches that names aren't just labels; they're packed with meaning, hinting at a person's essence, their destiny, and even their connection to the Divine. to a...
And it turns out, our tradition has some pretty profound things to say about it. Vayikra Rabbah, a collection of Midrashic interpretations on the Book of Leviticus (Vayikra in Hebr...
Like everyone else is contributing something amazing, and you're just... there? Our sages wrestled with that feeling too, even someone as towering as Moses. Rabbi Tanhuma, in his o...
To understand, we need to remember what came before that call. Go back to the end of Exodus, to the detailed instructions for building the Mishkan. The text repeats, almost like a ...
Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥman, citing Rabbi Natan, makes a rather astonishing claim. He says that the 18 commands mentioned in the portion of the Tabernacle actually correspond to the 18...
Vayikra Rabbah, the great Midrash on the Book of Leviticus, dives right into this question with a startling statement. It says that a Torah scholar without sense – meaning, without...
