Wisdom

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Explore 1,538 Jewish texts related to the theme of Wisdom, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Moses at the Dawn of Creation

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Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as it's called in Hebrew, is full of his reflections, and one line in particular always gets me: "For with much wisdom is much vexation; and one who increa...

Wisdom of Solomon and Rabbis

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The Book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as it's known in Hebrew, wrestles with this tension beautifully. And the Rabbis in Kohelet Rabbah, a classic midrashic commentary on Ecclesiast...

Solomon and the Queen of Jerusalem

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The verse in question: "I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted in them trees of every fruit" (Ecclesiastes 2:5). The rabbis weren't content with a simple reading. They w...

Divine Spirit and the Lawgiver

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Kohelet, the book of Ecclesiastes traditionally attributed to Solomon, wrestles with just that. And Kohelet Rabbah, the rabbinic commentary on Ecclesiastes, digs even deeper. Let's...

David: Wisdom of Solomon

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It’s a thought that runs through the heart of Ecclesiastes, that most enigmatic of biblical books. And it pops up especially vividly in the verse from Ecclesiastes 2:9: “I grew gre...

Solomon at the Dawn of Creation

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It grapples with the very human experience of seeking knowledge, stumbling, and trying to make sense of it all. The verse we're looking at today is Ecclesiastes 2:12: "I turned to ...

Maker of Heaven and Earth of Meir

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Times when clarity feels miles away, and we’re just grasping at shadows. Well, the book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet in Hebrew, speaks directly to that feeling. It's a book about se...

Abraham and the Origins of the World

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Kohelet Rabbah, a rabbinic commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes, grapples with this very question, using the verse, "The wise man, his eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in...

Rabbis: Abraham at the Dawn of Creation

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The book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as it's known in Hebrew, wrestles with these very feelings. And Kohelet Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations of Ecclesiastes, dives...