Soul

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Explore 2,040 Jewish texts related to the theme of Soul, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Madai and the Origins of the World

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Sometimes, the clues are hidden in plain sight, tucked away in unexpected places. Let's take a peek into the Yalkut Shimoni, a vast collection of rabbinic commentary on the Bible, ...

Teachings of Jonah

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Our story comes from Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 550, a compilation of rabbinic teachings and interpretations of the Hebrew Bible. It fleshes out the familiar tale of Yonah in surprisin...

Avraham Studies Torah

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Wouldn't that be a blessing? That image is at the heart of a beautiful teaching found in the Yalkut Shimoni on Nach (617). Rabbi Yose uses this powerful metaphor to explain the ver...

Repair of the Soul

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It turns out, that feeling is ancient, and our tradition has some pretty pointed wisdom about it. We're diving into a fascinating, short-but-powerful teaching found in the Yalkut S...

Moses Speaks for God and Israelites

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Take, for example, the beginning of the book of Numbers (Bamidbar in Hebrew), where we find a meticulous accounting of the Israelites' travels in the wilderness. It seems a little…...

Death of Aaron and Abraham

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The Yalkut Shimoni, a compilation of rabbinic teachings on the Hebrew Bible, offers a fascinating and poignant glimpse into the deaths of Aaron and Moses. Specifically, Yalkut Shim...

Rabbi Akiva and Creation

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The ancient texts of Judaism grapple with these questions in profound ways, and today we're going to dive into a fascinating passage from the Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 787 that explo...

Throne Room on High

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Our tradition grapples with this question intensely, especially when dealing with accidental death and the concept of atonement. to a passage from the Yalkut Shimoni on Torah, spec...

Covenant of Moshe

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The Yalkut Shimoni, a compilation of Midrashic teachings, gives us a glimpse into the heart of Moshe at this pivotal moment, drawing on Torah 816. Moshe pleads, "Pray let me cross ...