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Jewish tradition has a powerful message about precisely that – the rejected stone becoming the cornerstone. Where do we find this idea? It springs from Midrash Tehillim, a collecti...
That’s the feeling at the heart of our exploration today, straight from the ancient wisdom of Midrash Tehillim, a collection of teachings on the Book of Psalms. We're diving into P...
The Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic teachings and interpretations of the Book of Psalms, delves into just that feeling, specifically in its exploration of Psalm 119. It ...
That feeling is at the heart of Psalm 124, a song of ascent traditionally sung by pilgrims on their way to the Temple in Jerusalem. But there's so much more to it than just a simpl...
The ancient rabbis wrestled with those feelings too, and they found comfort and meaning in unexpected places – even in the rain. Midrash Tehillim, a collection of interpretations o...
Midrash Tehillim, in its exploration of Psalm 128 – "Praiseworthy is the one who fears the Lord" – throws us a curveball. Rabbi Chayya bar Abba, quoting Ulla, makes a startling cla...
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...
We read in Exodus (12:29) that God struck down “all the firstborn” of Egypt. But what does "all" really mean? The Pesikta DeRav Kahana, a collection of rabbinic teachings, delves i...
The Pesikta deRav Kahana, a collection of Midrashic teachings, offers a fascinating glimpse into that moment. In Pesikta deRav Kahana 12, we find a series of interpretations of the...
