Midrash Aggadah

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Midrash Aggadah texts, a body of rabbinic literature devoted to the narrative, ethical, and homiletical interpretation of the Hebrew Bible. These works illuminate Scripture through stories, parables, and theological reflection.

Pesikta Rabbati 2

Midrash Aggadah Pesikta Rabbati 2

Teach us, our master, from when does the mitzvah of the Channukah lamp begin? Our rabbis taught – from when the sun sets until the majority of people are gone from the marketplace....

Pesikta Rabbati 3

Midrash Aggadah Pesikta Rabbati 3

[What about all] the praise of Joseph, who exceeded in the honor of his father? And yet he did not enter into him all the time, such that were it not that they came to tell him, "Y...

Pesikta Rabbati 4

Midrash Aggadah Pesikta Rabbati 4

And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be your name (41:18:31). May our ...

Pesikta Rabbati 5

Midrash Aggadah Pesikta Rabbati 5

… it is written there “Behold the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You…” (Melachim I 8:27) and here it is written “…the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.” (Sh...

Pesikta Rabbati 6

Midrash Aggadah Pesikta Rabbati 6

Another explanation. “And all the work that king Solomon had wrought in the house of the Lord was finished.” (Melachim I 7:51) What does ‘all the work’ mean? It was built by itself...

Pesikta Rabbati 7

Midrash Aggadah Pesikta Rabbati 7

And the one who offered his sacrifice on the first day was Nachshon ben Aminadab of the tribe of Judah (Numbers 7:12). Our Rabbi, the one who offered the sacrifice to the altar, ta...

Pesikta Rabbati 8

Midrash Aggadah Pesikta Rabbati 8

Teach us, oh master – may one light a lamp for personal use from the Channukah lights? Our masters taught us – R’ Acha said in the name of Rav ‘it is forbidden to light a lamp to u...

Pesikta Rabbati 9

Midrash Aggadah Pesikta Rabbati 9

To the conductor on the music for David, God has heard my voice, I will sing to you from the ends of the earth, I will call to you with my heart wrapped around me (Psalms 61:1-3). ...

Pesikta Rabbati 10

Midrash Aggadah Pesikta Rabbati 10

For it will carry the head of the children of Israel to their commandments (Exodus 30:12). Our Rabbis will teach us how many times a year we should raise the tabernacle. Our Rabbis...