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Sometimes, it takes a seemingly simple story to peel back the layers of ancient wisdom. Our tale begins with a shofar blower from the tribe of Barzel. Now, the shofar, a ram's horn...
Rabbi Levi suggests a difference in timing. When the Holy One, blessed be He, judges the nations of the world, it happens at night, a time when they are asleep, supposedly free fro...
Midrash Tehillim, a beautiful collection of interpretations on the Book of Psalms, offers us some clues, specifically in Midrash Tehillim 49. It begins with the verse, "Hear this, ...
How does God really reward and punish us? Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Psalms, grapples with this very question. It dives into Psalm 62...
Psalm 82 opens with a powerful image: "A Psalm of Asaph. God stands in the congregation of God; He judges among the gods." It's a verse that speaks volumes about justice, responsib...
Jewish tradition certainly does. It speaks of hidden wisdom, divine secrets revealed to those who seek them. But with revelation comes responsibility, and with secrets, sometimes, ...
That feeling, that connection, is something Jewish tradition has explored for centuries. And one beautiful place where we find this idea expressed is in Midrash Tehillim, a collect...
He taught that if the Israelites—and by extension, maybe even us—were to observe just one Shabbat, that day of rest, according to all its intricate laws, redemption would come imme...
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...
