Prayer

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Explore 1,911 Jewish texts related to the theme of Prayer, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Shabbat: Ishmael at the Dawn of Creation

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It turns out, that feeling might be older – and trickier – than you think. The Torah tells us, "God completed on the seventh day His labor that He had made; He rested on the sevent...

Shabbat at the Dawn of Creation and Blessings

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The verse in question? Genesis 2:3: "God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He rested from all His labor that God created to make." But what does it mean that...

Manna from Heaven and Shabbat

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It's more than just a day off; it's a taste of something truly divine. Bereshit Rabbah, a fascinating collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Genesis, offers some bea...

Blessing of Shabbat

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Because the answer, as is often the case with these things, is layered and lovely. We find a fascinating clue in Bereshit Rabbah, a classical collection of rabbinic interpretations...

Blessing of Shabbat and Berekhya

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Even Shabbat, the day of rest, felt that way once. Isn't that incredible? Our sages grappled with a question: why did God specifically bless Shabbat? Bereshit Rabbah, a collection ...

Adam and the Origins of the World

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The book of Bereshit Rabbah, a classical collection of Rabbinic interpretations of Genesis, dives deep into this very idea, and it’s wild. Our entry point is a seemingly minor deta...

Chambers of Heaven and Abahu

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It turns out, even the shapes of the letters themselves can hold profound secrets about creation. to a fascinating interpretation from Bereshit Rabbah, a classic collection of rabb...

Rabbi Eliezer and Creation of Yehoshua

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The ancient rabbis grappled with this question, diving deep into the creation story. And as we find in Bereshit Rabbah, the classic midrashic commentary on Genesis, they came to so...

Court of the Priests

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Our tradition teaches us that the natural world is alive with meaning, constantly communicating, if only we have ears to hear. In Bereshit Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic homilies...