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Ishmael, R. Elazar ben 'Arakh, R. Eliezer ben Hyrḳanos, and R. 'Aḳiba—a veritable dream team of Jewish scholars—all gathered together, deep in discussion about the Molad, the birth...
This fascinating work, often abbreviated as PDR El., is a collection of stories, legends, and interpretations of the Torah, all attributed to Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus, a prominen...
It seems so simple, but when you peek behind the curtain, you find a world of intricate detail. Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, an early medieval text filled with fascinating traditions, o...
This text, a beautiful tapestry of biblical narrative, legend, and ethical teachings from around the 8th century CE, touches on something truly profound: the relationship between I...
The tradition I'm talking about comes from Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating early medieval text filled with aggadic (story-based) expansions on biblical narratives. In chapter...
Our ancestors grappled with this too. And the way they dealt with it, according to ancient texts, is pretty darn fascinating. We're talking about intercalation, a process of adding...
The ancient text Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating collection of stories and interpretations, dares to explore just that. It tells us about ten kings who, in their time, held d...
Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating early medieval Jewish text, gives us glimpses of just such figures. It's not history in the way we think of it today, but more a tapestry of s...
Jewish tradition tells us about a figure who embodied that very yearning: Alexander the Great. Now, you might be thinking, "Alexander the Great? Isn't he, you know, Greek?" He is i...
