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.

Haman Beyond the Firmament

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 7:14

Midrash Tehillim, a collection of interpretations on the Book of Psalms, explores this very idea. It begins with the image of a pit being dug. "A pit is dug and is excavated. All t...

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What 'Death of the Son' Really Means as Purification

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 9:3

It’s a question that echoes through the ages, and one that finds a poignant, if somewhat cryptic, resonance in Midrash Tehillim 9. This particular midrash, or interpretive commenta...

Repentance

Blessing of Rabbi Akiva

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 9:14

Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Psalms, grapples with this very question in its ninth section. And what emerges is a powerful, and sometim...

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The Path of Life That Leads Beyond the Grave

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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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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The Hidden Spark That Ignited a Temple Revival

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...

CreationTempleMysticism

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...

Wisdom

Isaiah: Moses and the Patriarchs

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 31:2

The verse that kicks it all off is from Psalm 71:1: "In you, O Lord, I have taken refuge. Let me never be put to shame." But the midrash, the interpretive story, doesn't just take ...

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