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It’s a powerful, devastating verse that sets the stage for the Flood. But the Rabbis of the Midrash, in Bereshit Rabbah, weren't content with a simple reading. They dug deeper, con...
The Torah tells us, in Genesis 6:6, "The Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was saddened in His heart.” Whoa. Heavy stuff. But what does it really mean? The R...
In Bereshit Rabbah, a classic collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Genesis, we find a fascinating discussion about the depth of that relationship. Rabbi Yoḥanan, R...
We read in Genesis 6:9, "These are the offspring of Noah; Noah was a righteous man." A pretty great opening line. But what does it really mean? The Rabbis of the Bereshit Rabbah, t...
It’s easy to focus on the sheer scale of the destruction, but the rabbis of the Midrash, those ancient interpreters of scripture, dug deeper. They asked: what exactly was so awful ...
The verse in Genesis (6:14) states: "Craft for you an ark of cypress wood; you shall craft the ark with compartments, and you shall coat it within and without with pitch." Now, Rab...
Because sometimes, the universe has a funny way of showing us that insight isn't exclusive to the scholars and sages. We find a perfect example in Bereshit Rabbah, specifically sec...
Ecclesiastes 9:14 tells a strange little story: "There was a small city, with few men in it, and a great king came against it and surrounded it." What does it mean? In Bereshit Rab...
We all know the story: the flood, the animals, the ark bobbing along on a chaotic sea. But what happened after? The waters receded, the dove returned with the olive branch… and the...
