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.

Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 8

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 8

And God spoke to Noah, saying: “Go forth from the ark” (Gen. 8:15). May our master instruct us whether one is permitted to place saliva upon an ailing eye on the Sabbath. R. Hiyya ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 9

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 9

Go forth from the ark (Gen. 8:16). Scripture says elsewhere in allusion to this verse: Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to Thy name; the righteous shall crown th...

Sacrifice

Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 10

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 10

Go forth from the ark (Gen. 8:16). Scripture says elsewhere in reference to this verse: I counsel thee: keep the king’s command, and that in regard of the oath of God. Be not hasty...

DeathJudgment

Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 11

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 11

Another explanation of go forth from the ark. David said: Bring my soul out of prison (Ps. 142:8). Noah, while in the ark, prayed continually: Bring my soul out of prison, and it i...

Covenant

Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 12

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 12

And the sons of Noah left the ark (Gen. 9:18). May it please our master to instruct us whether man or woman is enjoined to fulfill the commandment to Increase and multiply (Gen. 1:...

Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 13

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 13

And Noah, the husbandman, began and planted a vineyard (Gen. 9:20). Noah degraded himself when he began to till the soil. R. Judah the son of R. Shalum said: At first Noah was call...

Death

Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 14

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 14

And he planted a vineyard (Gen. 9:20). Noah was one of four men who introduced four things. Noah introduced planting, as it is written: And he planted a vineyard; cursing when he s...

Sacrifice

Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 15

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 15

And he planted a vineyard (Gen. 9:20). Where did he obtain the shoots for the vineyard? He obtained them from the grape seeds he had brought into the ark.24See Pesikta Rabbati 23. ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 16

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 16

And the whole earth was of one language (Gen. 11:1). May it please our master to teach us why a house with an eruv27A legal fiction which establishes the continuity of a community ...