Holy Land

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Explore 4,864 Jewish texts related to the theme of Holy Land, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

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...

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...

Giving of the Torah

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No clocks, no sunrise, no sunset as we know it. So, how did he know when it was day and when it was night? The Midrash Tehillim, a collection of interpretations on the Book of Psal...

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...

Solomon in David's Court

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Isn't it funny how sometimes we just know something is valuable, but we can't quite put our finger on why? That’s kind of the question posed at the beginning of Midrash Tehillim 19...

God Himself at the Dawn of Creation

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They're thousands of years old, yet they speak to our struggles, our joys, our fears as if they were written yesterday. Today, we're diving into Midrash Tehillim 20, a fascinating ...

Jacob's Legacy

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Midrash Tehillim, a collection of homiletical interpretations of the Book of Psalms, offers a powerful and surprisingly comforting image for just such a moment, drawing on Psalm 20...

Abba at the Temple

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Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic commentaries on the Book of Psalms, offers a fascinating perspective on where that help might come from. It starts with the idea that "Yo...