Gen. Rabbah 32:3 discusses testing the righteous and praising people to their faces. Is there a connection?
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In Gen. Rabba 1:15 Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel debate if heaven or earth was created first, but does it even matter?
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We conclude our first complete year of midrash study with Devarim Rabba 9:3, in which we find Moses facing off against Biblical heroes for supremacy
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In which Kohelet / Ecclesiastes Rabbah 7:25 warns about being more righteous than God
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If Torah seems “empty” to us, does the fault lie with the Torah or ourselves?
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In which we find an variant of “original sin” in rabbinic literature
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In one of the most important midrashim relating to learning and development, we see how fools remain foolish and how the insightful can overcome.
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In which we find the importance of going to synagogue, and some of its perks
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In which we’re warned about lashon hara / slander even when we think it’s deserved
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In which we discuss two fundamental yet underappreciated components of “justice” in rabbinic thought
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