  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: A meditation on prayer and earnest offering. . . .   Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: Early Medieval, mid-first millennium CE, anatomical, cosmology, פרשת תרומה parashat Terumah, creation, Man of Signs, cosmological, Tabernacle, המשכן the Mishkan, microcosm, microcosmism, macranthropy, Midrash HaGadol, Homo Signorum, ספר יצירה Sefer Yetsirah This translation was prepared by Shir Yaakov Feinstein-Feit in loving memory of his sister, Laurie Feit, z”l, (1961-2017). “Midrash HaGadol or The Great Midrash (Hebrew: מדרש הגדול) is an anonymous late (14th century) compilation of aggadic midrashim on the Pentateuch taken from the two Talmuds and earlier Midrashim of Yemenite provenance. In addition, it borrows quotations from the Targums, and Maimonides[2] and Kabbalistic writings (Oesterley & Box 1920), and in this aspect is unique among the various midrashic collections. This important work—the largest of the midrashic collections—came to popular attention only relatively recently (late 19th century) through the efforts of Jacob Saphir, Solomon Schecter, and David Zvi Hoffman. In addition to containing midrashic material that is not found elsewhere, such as the Mekhilta of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, the Midrash HaGadol contains what are considered to be more correct versions of previously known Talmudic and Midrashic passages.” (via wikipedia) . . .   Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: An interview with Jonah Lowenfeld of the Jewish Journal on the values of sharing Torah learning as practiced by the Open Siddur Project. . . .   Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: 33rd century A.M., המשכן the Mishkan, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, פרשת תרומה parashat Terumah, the menorah, 6th century B.C.E., mythopoesis The text of parashat Terumah, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . . |