God Pairs and Makes Ladders

Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 16

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·March 24, 2026

16. God Pairs and Makes Ladders. cf. Sotah.

Pesikta, f. 11b.

Tanh. Exod. Ki Tissa § 5, Numb. Matot § 6, and B. Numb. Matot. Midr. Hagadol, Exod.

Ki Tissa.

Gen. R. 68, § 4.

Levit. R. 8, § 1.

Numb. R., 3, § 6.

Midr. Samuel, ch. 8 (28). Yalk. II, § 794 and §812.

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Gaster, Germania. XXV, Vienna, 1880. Steinschneider, H. B. 1881, p. 53.

1 7. Letter Lamed High. Otiot de R. Akiba s. v.

Lamed.

Midr. Hagadol, Exod. Jithro.

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