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, Bechukotai 5

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bechukotai 5

Another interpretation (of Lev. 27:2) “When anyone explicitly vows […]”: This text is related (to Prov. 11:30), “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but a wise person acq...

Sacrifice

Midrash Tanchuma, Bechukotai 6

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bechukotai 6

Another interpretation (of Lev. 27:2), “When anyone explicitly vows”: The nations say (in Micah 6:6-7), “With what shall I come before the Lord, bow myself before God on high, [….]...

Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 1

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 1

(Numb. 1:1) “Then the Lord spoke unto Moses in the Sinai desert.” This text is related (to Ps. 36:7), “Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains; Your judgments are like the ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 2

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 2

(Numb. 1:1:) “Then the Lord spoke unto Moses in the Sinai desert.” This text is related (to Jer. 2:31), “0 generation, understand the word of the Lord, ‘Have I been a desert for Is...

Judgment

Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 3

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 3

(Numb. 1:1:) “Then the Lord spoke unto Moses in the Sinai desert, in the tent of meeting.” Before the tent of meeting was set up, He spoke with him in the bush, as stated (in Exod....

Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 4

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 4

(Numb. 1:1-2) “Then the Lord spoke unto Moses in the Sinai desert […, ‘Take a census of the whole congregation of the Children of Israel…’].” This text is related (to Cant. 7:3), “...

Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 5

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 5

(Numb. 1:1-2) “Then the Lord spoke unto Moses in the Sinai desert […,] ‘Take a census of the whole congregation.” This text is related (to Ps. 147:20), “He has not done so for any ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 6

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 6

(Numb. 1:1:) “Then the Lord spoke unto Moses.” Fortunate are you, Moses!25Numb. R. 1:6; cf. Lev. R. 1:1. Six hundred thousand were present with the priests, the Levites, and the el...

Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 7

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 7

(Numb. 1:1) “Then the Lord spoke unto Moses in the Sinai desert.” [Sinai] was called by six names: Mountain of God (as in Ps. 68:16), Mount Bashan (ibid.), Mountain of Peaks (ibid....

Judgment