Is Blue Thread a Midrash or Not?

During a Q and A session with Ooligan staff about Blue Thread, Stephanie Kroll—now with Scholastic in New York (yay!)—leaned over to me and whispered, "It's a midrash."

Exactly. OK, some might argue that Stephanie and I are stretching the meaning of this Hebrew word. Midrashim (the plural of midrash) are part of a body of writings that developed over the centuries to expand upon, and explain, the moral, legal, and ethical writings of sacred Jewish texts, particularly the first five books of...