Midrash on every Parsha in the Torah. An intriguing pathway to a deeper understanding of Judaism.

Midrash Vaetchanan: While facing death Moshe taught us how to pray for life. 14.04.2023 5:19 ↓

The Prayers of Moses were always able to save the Jewish People. How come they could save Moses?

VIDEO: Midrash Devarim - The perfectly camouflaged return of God’s presence 14.04.2023 4:31 ↓

If we were in Messianic times would we even know it

Midrash on Devarim - Jerusalem Weddings: A harbinger of Messianic times 15.02.2023 4:58 ↓

Does dancing at a wedding feel super spiritual? The Midrash and Talmud discuss it's end of days - like quality.

Midrash on Devarim - Jerusalem Weddings: A harbinger of Messianic times 15.02.2023 4:58 ↓

Does dancing at a wedding feel super spiritual? The Midrash and Talmud discuss it's end of days - like quality.

Midrash Devarim - The perfectly camouflaged return of God’s presence 14.02.2023 4:31 ↓

If we were in the beginning of messianic times would we even know it?

Midrash on Matot - Ever since creation God has been making ladders 13.02.2023 5:54 ↓

Nothing is at it seems in the war against Midyan

Midrash on Masei - Making sense of your life’s journeys 12.02.2023 6:48 ↓

What are the 42 stops of the Jewish People delineated in the Parsha?

The spear of Pinchas was dripping with irony 11.02.2023 6:25 ↓

When you look at the ancestors of Pinchas and Zimri, this epic confrontation takes on an ironic new twist,

Midrash Ballak: They got Billam, we got Moshe. Was that really fair? 10.02.2023 4:11 ↓

The Midrash makes the preposterous statement that God did not want the nations of the world to be jealous of the fact that Jews had Moses so He gave them Billam. How can we understand that?

Midrash on Ballak: The Jew hater’s fatal flaw 10.02.2023 6:27 ↓

The educated anti-semite has a particular strategy in mind to bring about the downfall of the Jews. It all started with Billam and Ballak.

Midrash Korach: God's rules of engagement 09.02.2023 6:01 ↓

How did Moses know that God would swallow up those who rebelled against him? What is God's red line?

Midrash Korach: A misguided attempt to redefine religious expression 09.02.2023 6:29 ↓

Based on the works of Rabbi Joseph Dov Soloveitchik, I present an analysis of what the Korach rebellion against Moses was really about

Midrash Tanchuma on Shelach: The Twelve spies - Did God set us up for failure? 08.02.2023 8:04 ↓

Should God be micromanaging our moral failings?

Midrash on Behaalotcha: A Menorah for those who can’t see in the dark 07.02.2023 6:05 ↓

If God is the source of all light why did the tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem need a Menorah (Candelabra)?

Midrash on Behaalotcha: The formidable test of Jewish leadership. 07.02.2023 6:44 ↓

God administors special tests for those who seek the mantle of leadership in the Jewish community

Midrash on Naso: Why each of the Birkat Kohanim (Priestly Blessings) need an antidote. Midrash Tanchuma Naso 06.02.2023 5:03 ↓

The Midrash delves into the challenge of being blessing-aware

Midrash on Naso - Why God takes the tragedy of a Sotah (unfaithful wife) to heart 05.02.2023 4:39 ↓

The Midrash explores similarities between the Sotah - a woman suspected of being unfaithful to her husband - and the Jewish People being unfaithful to God.

The holiday of Shavuot- Why the Torah had to be given in a desert. - Midrash Tanchuma Bamidbar: 04.02.2023 4:51 ↓

The Midrash lists three prerequisites for absorbing the ethical principles and the laws of theTorah: 

Midrash Behar - The two greediest men in the Torah 03.02.2023 5:54 ↓

This is a backdrop to a portion of the Torah discussing lending with interest and violating the prohibition of selling our produce on the Sabatical -7th year know as SHmita

Midrash Bechukotai: When mankind perceives God as the enemy. 02.02.2023 3:21 ↓

This Midrash takes you into the mind of God and reveals that God grieves over mankind's misconceptions of him being "the angry God in the sky"

The indomitable spirit of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai: Seeing blessings within the curse: (Parshat Bechukosei) 02.02.2023 5:49 ↓

An amazing difference of opinion in the Talmud shows just how much of an optimist Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai was.

Midrash Tanchuma Emor - Alexander the not so Great 31.01.2023 3:28 ↓

The Midrash explores Alexander the Great's encounter with a country of all women and with an extremely just and compassionate country identified in the Midrash as "Africa." Both of these serve to contrast Jewish ethics with those of the ruling powers of the world.

Midrash Tanchuma Emor - Don’t communicate with dead people or dead gods. 30.01.2023 6:25 ↓

The Midrash explores why laws pertaining to the priests immediately follow the prohibition against necromancy - communicating with the dead

Midrash Tanchuma Emor: The curse of not letting go of victimhood 29.01.2023 7:02 ↓

The parsha ends with the unusual episode of a man cursing against God and the Midrash explores the psychological backstory

Midrash on Acharei Mot - Was it fair that Aharon’s sons had to die 23.01.2023 5:21 ↓

King Solomon said that some things in life are not fair. What did he mean?