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Take Psalm 81:2, for example: "Raise a song, strike the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp." But then it continues, "Sound the shofar at the New Moon, at the full moon for ou...
It's more than just challah and candles, you know. According to Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic teachings on the Book of Psalms, the Sabbath is a powerful, almost tangib...
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...
The scene: Jacob is on his deathbed. He summons his beloved son, Joseph. This isn't just a goodbye; it's a moment of profound importance. Jacob says, "O my son! Swear to me by the ...
But our sages, drawing on ancient traditions, offer us some truly mind-bending glimpses. R' Levi, in the Yalkut Shimoni (a compilation of Midrashic teachings), shares this incredib...
The haunting wail of the shofar, for instance. It's more than just a noise; it's a call, a cry, a connection to something ancient and profound. But have you ever wondered why it so...
But how long should that journey really take? The book of Bamidbar, Numbers, tells us (10:33), "And they journeyed from the mountain of the L-rd a journey of three days." Seems str...
The ancient Sifrei Bamidbar, a commentary on the Book of Numbers, grapples with this very idea, specifically in relation to the sin of idolatry. The text starts with a seemingly si...
The Torah gives us a powerful example in the story of Moses and Joshua. We find ourselves in the book of Numbers, Bamidbar, specifically chapter 27. God has commanded Moses to appo...
