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 28

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 28

The Lord said to Moses: “Hew these two tablets of stone” (Exod. 34:1). May it please our masters to teach us: How many verses of the Torah must the reader recite? Thus did our mast...

Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 29

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 29

Hew these two tablets (Exod. 34:1). Scripture states elsewhere: The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich (Prov. 10:22). This refers to Elisha’s prayer for water, when he said: Thus...

Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 30

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 30

Hew these two tablets of stone (Exod. 34:1). Scripture states elsewhere in allusion to this verse: The wrath of a king is as messengers of death; but a wise man will pacify it (Pro...

Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 31

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 31

Hew these two tablets of stone (Exod. 34:1). When did Moses descend from the mountain? R. Judah the son of Shalum said: Moses remained on the mountain with the Holy One, blessed be...

Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 32

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 32

And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there (Exod. 34:5). How fortunate was Moses was that he could come before the Omnipresent while no angel or seraph was able ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 33

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 33

And the Lord said unto Moses: “Write thou these words” (Exod. 34:27). May our masters teach us: Is one who writes two letters on the Sabbath (while unmindful of the prohibition or ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 34

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 34

And the Lord said unto Moses: “Write thou these words, for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel” (Exod. 34:27). Scripture states elsewher...

Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 35

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 35

Another comment on write thee (Exod. 34:27). Scripture states elsewhere: Let them be thine only, and not a stranger’s with thee (Prov. 5:17). What does this verse refer to? When th...

Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 36

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 36

And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights (Exod. 34:28). How did Moses know when it was day? When the Holy One, blessed be He, taught him the Written Law he knew i...