Messiah

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Explore 1,050 Jewish texts related to the theme of Messiah, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

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...

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 ...

Messiah and David of Jesse

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It’s a question that’s been wrestled with for centuries, and Jewish tradition offers some surprising answers. Let’s delve into a fascinating passage from Midrash Tehillim, a collec...

Upper Worlds and Moses

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Specifically, we're looking at Midrash Tehillim 21, which uses Psalm 24:10, "Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of Glory, Selah," as a springboard for a f...

Manna from Heaven and David

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"He prepares a table before me." What does that even mean in the context of a comforting psalm? Midrash Tehillim connects this to the manna, that miraculous food that sustained the...

The Ark of the Covenant and Shlomo

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The story, as told in Midrash Tehillim, revolves around the moment Shlomo wanted to bring the Aron Kodesh, the Ark of the Covenant, into the Kodesh Hakodashim, the Holy of Holies. ...

Kingdom of David of Temple

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The verse "Into Your hands I entrust my spirit" (Psalms 31:6) is the springboard for a powerful idea. It's a common human experience to entrust valuables to someone else, isn’t it?...

Foundations of Being

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In Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic teachings on the Book of Psalms, Psalm 27, "The Lord is my light and my salvation," becomes a springboard for exploring just that. But...

Absalom and the Origins of the World

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King David certainly did. In Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic teachings on the Book of Psalms, we find David crying out, "I call to You, O Lord, my rock, do not be deaf t...