Angels

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Explore 1,257 Jewish texts related to the theme of Angels, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Songs of the Angels and Abba

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Kohelet Rabbah, a fascinating collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Ecclesiastes, dives into this very idea, particularly when it comes to life, death, and the mome...

Stars and Firmament of Hezekiah

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This question has been debated for centuries, and today, we're diving into a fascinating discussion about it from the ancient text of Kohelet Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic inter...

Solomon's Vision and David

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The book of Kohelet, Ecclesiastes, wrestles with these very questions. And Kohelet Rabbah, the rabbinic commentary on Ecclesiastes, digs even deeper. a fascinating passage from it....

Golden Calf and the Origins of the World

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But Ecclesiastes 4:3 dances with it: "Better than both of them is one who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil actions that are done under the sun." Now, Kohelet Rabbah, a c...

Wings of the Angels

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The ancient sages grappled with that feeling too, and they left us some pretty intense imagery to describe it. Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as it's known in Hebrew, is a book all about...

David and Creation

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Jewish tradition has some fascinating, layered answers. to one, found in Kohelet Rabbah, a midrashic (interpretive) commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes. It offers a powerful, po...

Moses: Adam and Creation

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The book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as it's known in Hebrew, wrestles with these very feelings. One verse in particular, Ecclesiastes 6:10, really gets to the heart of it: "What w...

Solomon: Adam at the Dawn of Creation

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King Solomon, wisest of all men, apparently felt that too. Ecclesiastes 7:23 reads, "All this I attempted with wisdom; I said: I will become wise, but it is far from me." What does...

Complaint of Job and Iron

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Kohelet Rabbah, a fascinating collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Ecclesiastes, dives deep into this, exploring the nature of suffering and strength. It starts wi...