7 texts
Praise in Jewish mythology is documented here through 7 source passages from 2 distinct source names represented in this theme. The strongest clusters come from Rabbinic Midrash (7), with frequent witnesses in Yalkut Shimoni on Torah (6) and Yalkut Shimoni on Nach (1). These texts preserve how Jewish writers, sages, and mystics described praise across biblical interpretation, rabbinic storytelling, medieval compilation, and kabbalistic teaching.
This page is a topic hub, not a single article. Use it to compare how different Jewish sources treat praise: where the theme appears in narrative, how it changes across source families, which figures or symbols recur, and which passages are most useful for citation. Representative entries include Why Joshua Told the Sun to Be Silent at Gibeon, The Four Proud Creatures Fixed Upon the Throne of Glory, My Strength Is None Other Than the Kingdom of Heaven, My Strength Is My Stronghold in the Day of Trouble, and Israel and the Holy Spirit Singing Praise to Each Other. For synthesized anthology narratives, start with Jacob Feared War After Shechem, Then Taught His Sons to Praise, Israel Left Egypt Singing While Egyptians Cursed, and God Never Needed the Flattery That Kings Demand.
Israel (3), Commandments (1), Covenant (1), Creation (1), Divine Justice (1), and Holiness (1)
The sages noticed something strange in Joshua's command. He did not tell the sun to stop or to stand. He told it to be quiet. Why? Because, they taught, the sun is never silent. Fr...
Resh Lakish hears a strange word inside the opening line of the Song at the Sea. Where we read "for He has triumphed gloriously" (Exodus 15:1), he hears a doubled word about pride:...
The word "strength" in the Song carries more than one meaning, and here the sages hear in it the language of kingship. When Israel sings "the LORD is my strength," they are crownin...
A third reading of "the LORD is my strength" takes the word in its plainest and most personal sense: sheer might, the kind a frightened person leans on when everything else gives w...
The midrash imagines the praise at the sea as a duet. Israel calls out a verse of love, and a voice answers from heaven with a matching verse, line for line. It begins with a play ...
One short phrase from the Song of the Sea launches an entire spiritual discipline: "This is my God, and I will glorify Him." The rabbis read it as a command to make the mitzvot bea...
When Israel sings "my father's God, and I will exalt Him," the midrash hears a woman declaring her lineage with unblushing pride: I am a queen, daughter of kings; beloved, daughter...
