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.

Ish Tzrorot and the Origins of the World

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 11:7

Rabbi Judah bar Simon, in Midrash Tehillim, offers a fascinating perspective. He suggests that while we often loathe our professions, God doesn't hate His. Why? Because "the Lord i...

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Heavenly Hosts Above and David

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 16:10

Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Psalms, offers a fascinating glimpse into this very question, and it all starts with a single verse: “For ...

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Kingdom of David and Gardayim

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 17:14

This feeling isn’t new. King David wrestled with it, too. Midrash Tehillim, a beautiful collection of interpretations on the Book of Psalms, gives us a glimpse into his struggle, a...

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Moses's Song

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 18:17

What would you see? Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Psalms, offers us a glimpse into that moment, a moment of sheer, terrifying awe. It’s ...

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Moses's Song of Abraham

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 18:20

Psalm 18:26 offers a fascinating, and perhaps unsettling, answer: "With a pious person, act piously; with an upright man, be upright; with a pure one, be pure; and with a crooked o...

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Joash and Creation

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 18:21

But what if that spark was always there, hidden, waiting for the right moment to ignite? That's the essence of what we find in Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpreta...

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Isaac: Trial of Abraham

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 18:25

The Midrash starts with a powerful statement: "God's way is perfect." And it connects this perfection to Abraham, pointing to the verse in Genesis (17:1) where God says, "Walk befo...

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Joshua and True Knowledge

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 19:6

The verse "day by day he utters speech" (Psalm 19:3) isn't just about the sun rising and setting. It's about each day possessing its own individual character, its own set of wonder...

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Moses's Song and Show

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 25:6

Even Moses, the great lawgiver himself, felt that way. In Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Psalms, we find a fascinating glimpse into Moses...

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