Elijah

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Explore 395 Jewish texts related to the theme of Elijah, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

The Garden of Eden and From

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In Bereshit Rabbah, a classic collection of rabbinic interpretations of the Book of Genesis, we find this idea explored through a rather unsettling lens: famine. Specifically, the ...

Light of the First Day and Tanhuma

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Bereshit Rabbah, a classic collection of rabbinic interpretations of the Book of Genesis, delves into this very idea, exploring how God’s mercy permeates everything. The verse from...

Noah and Creation of Abba

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We get a glimpse into that closed world in Bereshit Rabbah, the great rabbinic commentary on the Book of Genesis. to one fascinating little story. “It was at the end of forty days,...

Hezekiah and the Origins of the World

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The Torah tells us that the rainbow is a sign of the covenant between God and humanity after the flood, a promise that the world will never again be destroyed in that way. As it sa...

Dawn of the World and Yudan

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It's more than just a colorful arc in the sky. In fact, according to Bereshit Rabbah, a classic collection of Rabbinic interpretations of the Book of Genesis, the rainbow holds pro...

Yefet and the Origins of the World

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We find ourselves in Bereshit Rabbah 37, grappling with the descendants of Noah, specifically the lineage of Yefet. Genesis 10:2 lays it out: “The sons of Yefet: Gomer, and Magog, ...

Saul: David and the Origins of the World

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The book of Bereshit Rabbah, a classic collection of rabbinic interpretations on the book of Genesis, makes a fascinating claim. It says that there have been ten famines throughout...

Trial of Sarai

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Our story centers on Sarai (later Sarah) and Abram (later Abraham), a couple facing the heartbreaking reality of childlessness. Sarai, in a desperate attempt to fulfill the divine ...

Righteousness of Abraham and Joshua

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What does it mean to approach God? That's precisely what the Rabbis grapple with in Bereshit Rabbah 49. The text opens with that powerful line from Genesis, "Abraham approached, an...