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Tag: Midrash
How Far Should One Go to Make Peace?
How far should one go to make peace? We can learn the answer to this from looking at stories of how Aaron makes peace.
Rabbi Dan Ornstein
February 18, 2025
Daily Living
Every Day
We Have a Responsibility to the Earth
Some interpret Creation as an allowance to plunder the Earth. However, that is a misconception; we have a responsibility to the Earth.
Rabbi Miriam Midlarsky Lichtenfeld
May 15, 2024
Climate and Environment
Kohelet (Ecclesiastes)
Dinah: An Unexpected Trans Story
Based on rabbinic midrash from tractate Berakhot, Dinah can be read either as a trans woman or, as this piece argues, a closeted trans man.
Saffron Mala Kaplan
December 8, 2023
Parashat Vayishlach
Parashat Vayishlach Dvar Torah
Elevating the Matriarchs, and the Women, in Judaism
Elevating the Matriarchs is important. Rabbi Goodman encourages this with a midrash on Parashat Shemini, urging that representation matters.
Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman
December 6, 2023
Inclusion
Learning
