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Kohelet Rabbah on Ecclesiastes 1:9

Kohelet Rabbah expounds the verse 'there is nothing new under the sun,' exploring how apparent novelty in creation, history, and human experience often reflects patterns and events that have recurred throughout time.

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Kohelet Rabbah 1:9

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Kohelet Rabbah 1:9

This passage expounds Ecclesiastes 1:9, “there is nothing new under the sun,” interpreting it through recurring patterns in creation, history, and human experience. It emphasizes that apparent novelty often reflects what has already occurred in an earlier form.

מַה שֶּׁהָיָה הוּא שֶׁיִּהְיֶה, רַבָּנָן אָמְרֵי לֶעָתִיד לָבוֹא הַדּוֹרוֹת מִתְכַּנְסִין לִפְנֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא וְאוֹמְרִים לְפָנָיו רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם מִי יֹאמַר לְפָנֶיךָ שִׁירָה תְּחִלָּה, וְאוֹמֵר לָהֶם לְשֶׁעָבַר לֹא אָמְרוּ שִׁירָה לְפָנַי אֶלָּא דּוֹרוֹ שֶׁל משֶׁה, וְעַכְשָׁיו לֹא יֹאמַר שִׁירָה לְפָנַי אֶלָּא הוּא, מַאי טַעְמָא, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיה מב, י): וְעוֹד יָשַׁב רַבִּי מֵאִיר וְדָרַשׁ עָתִיד זְאֵב לִהְיוֹת גָּזוֹז מֵילָתָן, וְהַכֶּלֶב גְּלֶבְטִינוֹן, אָמְרוּ לוֹ דַּיֶּךָ רַבִּי מֵאִיר, וְאֵין כָּל חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ.

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