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, Vayera 5

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 5

And the Lord said: “Shall I hide from Abraham that which I am doing?” (Gen. 18:17). May it please our master to teach us whether one may recite the Aramaic translation (Targum) of ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 6

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 6

May it please our master to teach us: If one of two sons is born to a man on Friday and the other on the Sabbath,8Either half-brother born of two different wives or twins born of o...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 7

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 7

And the Lord said: “Shall I hide from Abraham?” (Gen. 18:17). Scripture states elsewhere in reference to this verse: It shall be for the filling of his belly; He shall cast the fie...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 8

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 8

And the two angels came to Sodom at evening (Gen. 19:1). What is written before this verse? And Abraham drew near and said, “Wilt Thou sweep away the righteous with the wicked?” (G...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 9

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 9

And the two angels came to Sodom (Gen. 19:1). May it please our master to teach us the number of death penalties the Beth Din (the court of seventy-one members) was empowered to im...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 10

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 10

And the two angels came to Sodom (Gen. 19:1). Scripture states elsewhere in allusion to this verse: But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit; therefore, He was turned to be th...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 11

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 11

And the two angels came to Sodom … and he said: “Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet” (Gen. 19:1–2). Th...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 12

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 12

But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, came … and they called unto Lot and said: “Where are the men?” (Gen. 19:4–5). From this incident you learn tha...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 13

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 13

And the Lord remembered Sarah, as he had said (Gen. 21:1). Scripture states elsewhere in allusion to this verse: God is not a man that He should lie; neither the son of man, that H...