Here is the second text study as we reach the end of the second week of the Omer.
So, here’s text 2 – Mekhilta de Rabbi Ishmael (Bachodesh 3).
Text 2 – Mekhilta de Rabbi Ishmael
“They stood, huddled beneath the mountain.”
Pesach to Shavuot 2
Jewish Year, Text Study
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Apr 202012
Apr 132012
Revisiting last year’s Six Texts for Shavuot, here is the first text study as we reach the end of the first week of the Omer (the wonder of time-delayed publication of posts). The hope is that the six texts will be published in the lead up to Shavuot and then text studies will continue to be published as the festivals come round in the year.
So, here’s text 1 – Pesikta de Rav Kahana 12:6.
“If you are not my witness, it is, as it were, I am not God.”
Aug 012011
This is a text study based on a midrash from the midrashic collection, Lamentations Rabbah (or Eikha Rabbah). Tisha B’Av marks a difficult moment in the Jewish calendar, in which stark theological challenges are posed alongside a sense of mourning for tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people.
In this midrash, we read a description of God learning to mourn via the ministering angels about the behaviour of human beings at times of mourning.
Eikha Rabbah is one of the rabbinic texts that can be studied on Tisha B’Av, because, whereas Torah study in general is supposed to be a joyous activity, studying texts that deal with the destruction of the temple is considered to be in keeping with the tone of the day.
The text study sheets can be downloaded from here.
Lamentations Rabbah – Tisha B Av
