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Well, I am all for Midrash Manicures, and here’s why. I understand the instinct to think that young girls doing something “girly” like nail painting while also doing something serious like ...
Midrash contains ancient sermonic material, ... Great, let’s invent a story about how he admitted to his father he chopped down the cherry tree in order to add a narrative to his honesty.
The Midrash lets us know G-d’s reaction to the vow: “If what emerged from his home was a dog or a pig or a camel, would he sacrifice those to Me?
The Midrash discovers more of G-d’s fingerprints. ... Let’s call it Jewish destiny. Thank G-d, the world is not hostage to human machinations. G-d has a plan for the world.
Jerusalem-based author and teacher Tamar Biala birthed a contemporary oeuvre of midrashim that could legitimately stand alongside those of the ancient rabbis in their canon of Midrash.
Midrash is meant both to clarify uncertainties and raise further questions and possibilities. ... that urge to hold tightly to our ideologies and not let go, no matter what.
The midrash weaves them together: “Let Israel, who are called kinyan, come to the land, which is called kinyan, and build the Temple, which is called kinyan, through the merit of Torah, ...
Let’s celebrate their legacy this month — from International Women’s Day to Passover. Midrash teaches that Amram, Miriam’s father, divorces his wife to prevent creating babies for Pharaoh ...
New Beit Midrash 'Nachalat Binyamin,' established at the site of the murder of Binyamin Achimeir, in Samaria, which will 'stand at the forefront of Jewish settlement with serious and in-depth ...