Midrash Tanchuma questions the central motif of our Parsha – the Menorah. We take for granted that it was an integral part of the Mishkan and the Temple of Jerusalem. However the Midrash seems to find ...

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. As a scholar ...

Our “Evil Inclination,” crafty but conquerable? The snake underestimated the fact that G-d was on to him. When you think about it, the crafty snake was pretty dumb thinking that G-d isn’t watching.

I remember reading midrash as a child at my Schechter day school. While we explored the stories of the Tanakh through the eyes and words of the rabbis, my teachers emphasized the power of midrash as a ...

When teaching midrash, I enjoy showing how paintings are just as much midrash as classical rabbinical texts. A Renaissance painter, Bacchiacca (1494-1557), depicted Eve lovingly holding Abel aloft, ...

Dr. Azzan Yadin-Israel, from the Department of Jewish Studies, Rutgers University, delivered a lecture on ‘The Rise of Rabbinic Midrash and Its Christian and Pagan Context’. He began his lecture by ...

Midrash is text behind the biblical text. It helps bring biblical stories to life so Jews can better engage with their religion. But Midrash, in many cases, can feel like reality. Rabbis often teach ...