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.

David Learns from Ruth That All People Can Be Liars

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 116:11

King David, the shepherd boy who became Israel’s greatest king, certainly did. And it's a sentiment beautifully captured in the Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpret...

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Abraham and the Patriarchs of Isaiah

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 118:14

Our tradition understands that feeling. It even gives voice to it in a powerful, almost defiant way. to a passage from Midrash Tehillim, a collection of interpretations on the Book...

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Make Me Walk in the Path of Your Commandments

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 119:35

King David knew that feeling well. Midrash Tehillim, our collection of interpretations on the Book of Psalms, opens up Psalm 119 and illuminates David’s struggles, particularly his...

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Trapped in a Cave David Cries Out to God Alone

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 142:6

It plunges us into a moment of intense crisis in the life of David, the shepherd-king. The scene: a dark, claustrophobic cave. David is inside, cornered. Outside, waiting with ill ...

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Goliath and the Angels

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 144:1

That’s the feeling this midrash, this interpretive story, from Midrash Tehillim (a collection of rabbinic commentaries on the Book of Psalms) really gets at. It dives into the hear...

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Nebuchadnezzar and the King

Midrash Aggadah Pesikta DeRav Kahana 13:15

The ancient rabbis certainly did. They saw patterns, connections, and hidden meanings woven into the very fabric of time. Take, for instance, this passage from Pesikta DeRav Kahana...

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Rosh Hashanah in David's Court

Midrash Aggadah Pesikta DeRav Kahana 23:3

The answer, according to ancient wisdom, lies in the sound of the shofar, the ram's horn. Yehudah bar Nachman, quoting Reish Lakish, offers a powerful image based on Psalm 47:6, "G...

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How the Planets Aligned on the Sabbath of Creation

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 6:3

It wasn't always this way, you know. There's a fascinating story in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a collection of stories and interpretations from the Talmudic period, about a celestial ...

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The Ancient Jewish Blueprint for Measuring Time

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 6:8

Jewish tradition certainly sees it that way, especially when we delve into the fascinating, sometimes mind-bending, world of ancient calendars and cosmic cycles. Today, let's explo...

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