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The text tells us that Rabbi Ishmael reflects on a very specific moment. Ten times, the sons of Jacob addressed Joseph as "thy servant, our father." Ten times they repeated this st...
The scene: The Cave of Machpelah in Hebron, the ancient burial ground purchased by Abraham himself. Jacob, also known as Israel, has passed away in Egypt, and his sons are bringing...
Mount Sinai is one of those places. But did you know its name wasn’t always Sinai? Rabbi Elazar of Modein tells us in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer that from the very beginning, since the...
Talk about pressure! So, what do you do when you're stuck between a relentless enemy and a seemingly impassable sea? That's exactly the question Moses puts to the Holy One, blessed...
Jewish tradition grapples with this question constantly, and one of the most powerful answers lies in the concept of teshuvah – repentance. But is it really that powerful? Pirkei D...
We all know it's a time of intense reflection, fasting, and prayer. But according to Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating early medieval text, there's a cosmic drama unfolding alo...
It's a story of intense longing, divine protection, and a glimpse into the unknowable. Imagine Moses, up on Mount Sinai. He's already had quite the encounter with the Almighty, rec...
Like you're almost superhuman, and then…bam! Reality hits. That feeling, that tension between the ideal and the real, is at the heart of a fascinating passage from Pirkei DeRabbi E...
The moments leading up to his birth were fraught with danger and a whole lot of divine intervention. The book of Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating text filled with stories and ...
