When a woman conceives and bears a male child… (Leviticus 12:1–2) The midrash in Vayikra Rabbah, the classical Midrash on ...

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 ...

On this episode of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer sits down with Rabbi Professor Burt Visotzky, Appelman Professor Emeritus ...

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, ...

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 ...

Beit Midrash established at site where Binyamin Achimeir was murderedDvir Amar A new Beit Midrash, 'Nachalat Binyamin,’ was established at the site where Binyamin Achimeir was murdered, near the Gal ...

At the risk of creating another line in the sand between feminists, I am going to weigh in on the midrash manicure thing. This phenomenon is, in my opinion, a new low in girls’ Jewish education. I ...