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Building up, step by step. But what about the Holy One, blessed be He? How did He create? Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic teachings on the Book of Psalms, offers a fasci...
Midrash Tehillim 51, a commentary on Psalm 51, dives headfirst into this very idea, using the story of King David and the prophet Nathan to illustrate just how potent our speech ca...
We often underestimate it, but Jewish tradition teaches us that the tongue is a force to be reckoned with. Proverbs 18:21 says it plainly: "Death and life are in the power of the t...
The ancient sages wrestled with these questions too. And in Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic commentaries on the Book of Psalms, we find a fascinating perspective, partic...
It’s a question that’s occupied thinkers for millennia, and Midrash Tehillim – a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Psalms – offers some fascinating insights. To...
Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic commentaries on the Book of Psalms, grapples with that very feeling, using the story of Sodom and Abraham to explore themes of corruption...
And the story of its origins, as told in Midrash Tehillim, is quite fascinating. The Midrash teaches us that these prayer times – evening, morning, and afternoon – weren't just arb...
It might sound audacious, but our tradition actually suggests there are times when the "lower court" – that's us, down here – and the Holy One, blessed be He, are in a bit of a… di...
That tension is at the heart of our story today, drawn from Midrash Tehillim 58, a beautiful exploration of Psalm 58. It grapples with a difficult question: "Do not destroy the con...
