King David

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Explore 2,141 Jewish texts related to the theme of King David, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Psalms of David and Samuel

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That feeling, that drive, it's woven deep into our stories. to Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic teachings that unpacks the book of Psalms, Tehillim in Hebrew. In this pas...

Judah's Song and Esau

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Today, we're diving into one of those fascinating tales, a legend surrounding Judah, one of Jacob's sons, and a rather dramatic encounter with Esau. The passage we're exploring com...

David's Transgression and Deliver

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Our tradition understands that struggle intimately. Midrash Tehillim, a beautiful collection of interpretations on the Book of Psalms, delves into this very human feeling, using Ki...

Rabbi Avihu and Creation

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It's no wonder that the Psalmist David, gazing up at that same sky millennia ago, wrote, "The heavens declare the glory of God" (Psalm 19:1). But what does that declaration actuall...

First Days of Existence and Jeremiah

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That’s the question at the heart of Midrash Tehillim 19, a beautiful exploration of how all of creation sings God's praises, even in silence. The text begins by offering an alterna...

Rabbi Hoshaya at the Dawn of Creation

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The Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Psalms, dives deep into this very question, exploring the mysteries of the heavens. It offers us not j...

Gates of Heaven

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Our ancestors certainly did. And they sought to understand that vastness, to find God within it. That impulse, that search, is beautifully captured in Midrash Tehillim, a collectio...

Songs of Praise and Nisan

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Our ancestors grappled with this too, and they spun some pretty amazing stories to explain it. to one from Midrash Tehillim, a collection of teachings that unpack the Book of Psalm...

Gates of Heaven

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It might sound strange, but let's explore a fascinating idea from Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Psalms. The Midrash draws a parallel bet...