Parshat Vayeshev

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Joseph's dreams and his brothers' jealousy, Joseph sold into slavery, Judah and Tamar, and Joseph in Potiphar's house and prison. Genesis 37:1-40:23.

Abraham Among the Fathers and Moses

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 28:1

The Book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as it's known in Hebrew, wrestles with this very feeling. And one verse in particular, Kohelet 7:28, has sparked a lot of discussion: "What my ...

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Maker of Heaven and Earth

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 3:1

Today's story from Kohelet Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Ecclesiastes, speaks directly to that feeling, urging us to pause and consider our approa...

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Esther and Solomon

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 5:1

That's what we find in a fascinating interpretation of Ecclesiastes in Kohelet Rabbah. The verse we're looking at is Ecclesiastes 8:5: “One who follows a command will not know an e...

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Choirs of Angels and There

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 8:1

to Ecclesiastes 8:8: “There is no man who rules the spirit to retain the spirit, and there is no rule over the day of death. There is no release in war, and wickedness will not res...

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Seven Chambers of Gehenna

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 13:1

You're not alone. The Book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as it’s known in Hebrew, grapples with this very question, and the rabbinic interpretations in Kohelet Rabbah, a collection o...

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Noah's Offering and Moses

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 1:1

The book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet in Hebrew, certainly does. And the rabbis of the Midrash, in Kohelet Rabbah, wrestled with it too. Specifically, they hone in on a verse that r...

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Abraham Among the Fathers and Yonatan

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 5:1

The book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet, puts it starkly: "For the living know that they will die; but the dead do not know anything, and they no longer have a reward, as their memory...

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Pillars of Existence of Berekhya

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 12:1

Like you're going along, minding your own business, and suddenly – BAM! – you're caught in something you never saw coming? The book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as we call it in Heb...

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Golden Calf and the Lawgiver

Midrash Rabbah Kohelet Rabbah 15:6

It's part of the human condition. But have you ever considered that this struggle might be… a cosmic drama playing out on a miniature scale, right inside of you? That’s the kind of...

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