Parshat Vayetzei

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Jacob's dream of the ladder to heaven, his years working for Laban, his marriages to Rachel and Leah, and the birth of the twelve tribes. Genesis 28:10-32:3.

Miriam and the Dreamer of Egypt

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tehillim 149:2

The mystics did, and they connected it directly to the Divine. : how do we respond to new beginnings? With joy, with song, with dance! And according to the Midrash Tehillim, a coll...

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Jacob: Judah and Adam

Midrash Aggadah Pesikta DeRav Kahana 17:3

We all do sometimes. But maybe... maybe we should think twice before we do. The Pesikta DeRav Kahana, a collection of rabbinic teachings for special Sabbaths and festivals, dives i...

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Sarah's Legacy and Zion

Midrash Aggadah Pesikta DeRav Kahana 20:1

It’s in those very moments that Jewish tradition whispers some of its most powerful promises. to one such whisper, found in the Pesikta DeRav Kahana, a collection of rabbinic teach...

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Moses and the Dreamer of Sabbath

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 18:5

It’s more than just a day off. It’s a legacy. Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating early medieval text, offers a beautiful parable to explain why. Imagine a person with incredibly...

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Jacob's Journey

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 39:3

Jewish tradition has a fascinating way of showing us that sometimes, just sometimes, we need a little divine… addition. Let’s turn to a text called Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a wonder...

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Kingdom of Joseph and Dreams

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 39:11

It wasn't just about interpreting dreams, you know. It was also about how he handled a massive food crisis. : a famine grips the land, and everyone is flocking to Egypt to buy grai...

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Sisera and the Dreamer

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 42:14

Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating collection of stories and elaborations on Biblical narratives, gives us a glimpse. In Chapter 42, we find a surprising dialogue between God an...

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Abraham: Moses and the Angels

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 45:12

That's the situation Moses faced in a powerful story found in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer (chapter 45). The story opens with a terrifying decree: God, in his anger, sends not one, but f...

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Moses and the Dreamer of Jannai

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 48:5

We often talk about it in broad strokes – centuries of suffering, a nation in bondage. But what if I told you that, according to one tradition, the actual period of intense enslave...

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