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Jewish tradition wrestles with these questions constantly, and one particularly fascinating perspective comes from Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a collection of stories and interpretatio...
Take the story we find in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, chapter 49. It’s a fascinating glimpse into how God, according to this ancient text, foresees the future and subtly orchestrates e...
to a story from Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, specifically chapter 50, that gives us a glimpse of just how precarious things once were. Rabbi Phineas tells us about two incredibly wealth...
According to Rabbi José, HAMAN wasn’t just a power-hungry villain; he was an astrologer! He meticulously cast lots – Pur, as the verse says – using the constellations to determine ...
What happened next? Well, Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating and often imaginative work of aggadah (Jewish storytelling and folklore), gives us a glimpse. Rabbi Eliezer tells us...
It’s more than just historical happenstance. According to a beautiful passage in the Yalkut Shimoni, a compilation of rabbinic commentary on the Bible, there’s a deeper, cosmic rea...
The Yalkut Shimoni, a fascinating compilation of Midrashic literature, explores this very idea. Specifically, it delves into the delicate balance between acknowledging God’s power ...
The ancient Israelites knew that feeling intimately. The Yalkut Shimoni, a fascinating collection of Midrashic interpretations of the Hebrew Bible, sheds light on the Exodus story ...
The Yalkut Shimoni, a vast collection of rabbinic commentary on the Hebrew Bible, compiled sometime in the 13th century, hints at just such a thing. Specifically, the commentary on...
