I have selected from my translation of Genesis Rabbah passages I believe especially striking and compelling for Jews today. I have introduced each passage with a brief statement of the point to which I believe the passage is relevant, and concluded each with a remark on what I think is important in the citation. In this way I hope to enrich the weekly study of the Torah lection by making available what the great rabbis of the third and fourth century, who framed Judaism as we now know it, had to