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, Ki Tisa 19

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 19

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down (Exod. 32:1). The word boshesh (“delayed”) indicates that it was the sixth hour of the day. Forty thousand people had assemb...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 20

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 20

And the Lord spoke unto Moses: “Go, get thee down…. I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people” (Exod. 32:7–9). R. Tanhuma the son of Abba began the discussio...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 21

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 21

Go, get thee down (Exod. 32:7). The Holy One, blessed be He, said to Moses: Mankind has already compelled Me to descend from this place to witness its degradation, as is said: And ...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 22

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 22

Go, get thee down (Exod. 32:7). The sages said: Moses was actually excommunicated by the heavenly court at that time. Here it is said: Get thee down (red) as a rebuke, for the peop...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 23

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 23

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants (Exod. 32:13). May our masters teach us: Until what time may the morning prayers be recited? Thus our masters teach us that the mo...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 24

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 24

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel (Exod. 32:13). It is written elsewhere in reference to this verse: And when they shall say to you: “Seek unto the ghosts and the familiar spirit...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 25

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 25

And the Lord spoke unto Moses: “Go, get thee down” (Exod. 32:7). May our masters teach us: If a person sends his eruv34Through the legal procedure known as eruv (“mixing”), various...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 26

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 26

And the Lord spoke unto Moses: “Depart, go up hence” (Exod. 33:1). This is what Scripture says in allusion to this verse: For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee ...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 27

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 27

And now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp, afar off (Exod. 33:7). R. Simeon the son of Lakish held that Moses made his decision by an inference ad minore...

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