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Rabbi Simon, in the ancient collection of homiletic interpretations known as Midrash Tehillim, sheds light on this very idea. He suggests that simply reciting poetry doesn't make o...
Midrash Tehillim, a fascinating collection of interpretations on the Book of Psalms, asks a compelling question: "Another man, who is he?" And the answer it provides points us dire...
to one particularly powerful passage, a meditation on Psalm 27:1, "The Lord is my light and my help; whom should I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; whom should I dread?...
Psalm 27:13, "If I did not believe in seeing the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living..." It’s a powerful line, isn't it? A raw admission of vulnerability, immediately fo...
Today's story from Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations of the Book of Psalms, is all about how seemingly small acts of courage and confession can have enormo...
We all know the story: Moses raises his staff, the waters part, and the Israelites walk through on dry land to escape Pharaoh. But Midrash, that beautiful art of Jewish storytellin...
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...
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...
The text from Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, chapter 45, sheds some light. The Rabbi points out that "All the princes were not associated in the affair of the calf." Where do we see this?...
