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Psalm 106:23 states, "Therefore He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach, to turn back His wrath, lest He destroy them." It’s a ver...
That feeling…that’s almost the heart of the story of Hallelujah. But what is Hallelujah, really? It's more than just a word; it's an expression, a moment in time. Midrash Tehillim,...
We all know the story: Moses raises his staff, the waters part, and the Israelites walk through on dry land to escape Pharaoh. But Midrash, that beautiful art of Jewish storytellin...
This particular midrash, specifically on Psalm 117, tackles the idea of praising God, but it does so in a way you might not expect. It starts with Abraham, our patriarch, being thr...
The ancient rabbis certainly did, and they poured those feelings, along with their hopes and fears, into their interpretations of scripture. to one such interpretation found in Mid...
The ancient rabbis grappled with this too. They asked: Does God reward the righteous? And punish the wicked? And if so, how does that all work? Midrash Tehillim, a collection of ra...
And it’s something the ancient rabbis wrestled with too, finding a powerful echo of it in the words of King David in the Tehillim, the Book of Psalms. Specifically, we find this re...
That feeling, that sense of disorientation and wonder, is at the heart of a powerful story about Rabbi Yochanan and Honi the Circle Drawer. The story begins with a verse from Psalm...
The ancient collection of teachings known as Midrash Tehillim (a commentary on the Book of Psalms) grapples with this very question. Psalm 136 praises God, saying, "To the One who ...
