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, Nasso 9

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 9

(Numb. 6:23:) “Thus shall you bless.” This text is related (to Cant. 3:7), “There is his bed, the one belonging to Solomon (rt.: shlm), with sixty warriors around it […].” What rea...

Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 10

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 10

Another interpretation (of Numb. 6:23-24), “Thus shall you bless the Children of Israel: The Lord bless you and keep you.” “Bless you,” with wealth; “and keep you,” so that may do ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 11

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 11

(Numb. 7:1), “So it came to pass on the day that Moses had finished.” Let our master instruct us: How many things preceded the act of creation? Thus have our masters taught: Seven ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 12

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 12

"And it was (vayehi) on the day that Moses had finished" (Numbers 7:1), meaning to say, woe (vay) on the day that Moshe finished. There is a [relevant] parable about a king who had...

Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 13

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 13

(Numb. 7:1:) “So it came to pass on the day that Moses had finished.” This text is related (to Prov. 27:18), “The one who tends a fig tree shall eat its fruit.” The Holy One, bless...

Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 14

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 14

[(Numb. 7:1), “So it came to pass on the day that Moses had finished.” This text is related (to (Numb. 24:5), “How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, your Tabernacles O Israel.” If...

Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 15

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 15

(Numb. 7:1), “So it came to pass on the day that Moses had finished.” This text is related (to Ps. 51:20–21), “Make Zion prosper in Your good pleasure; rebuild the walls of Jerusal...

Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 16

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 16

(Numb. 7:1), “So it came to pass on the day that Moses had finished.” Rav says, “Every place where it is stated, ‘So it came to pass (wayehi),’ [is referring to] something new”; bu...

Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 17

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 17

"And it was on the day that Moses had finished" (Numbers 7:1). What is written above the matter? "May the Lord bless you and keep you" (Numbers 6:24). Rabbi Yehoshua of Sakhnin sai...