The Year Israel Left Egypt the Calendar Did Not Need an Extra Month

Mekhilta DeRabbi YishmaelRabbi Akiva on Moses Saying God's WordsRabbi Akiva found a hidden message in a single word from (Exodus 12:1), the word "saying." When God spoke to Moses, the instruction included "saying," which Aki

Mekhilta DeRabbi YishmaelWhen Did the Children of Israel Eat the PesachThe verse (Exodus 12:14) declares, "And this day shall be for you as a remembrance," and the Mekhilta of Rabbi Yishmael presses to identify exactly which day Sc

Mekhilta DeRabbi YishmaelThe Children of Israel Did as Moses HadThe Mekhilta, the tannaitic midrash on Exodus, examines a verse that seems to state the obvious: "And the children of Israel did as Moses had bid them" (Exodus

Mekhilta DeRabbi YishmaelGod Tells Israel to Turn Back Before the Sea(Exodus 14:1-2) "And the L–rd said to Moses, saying: Speak to the children of Israel that they return and encamp": R. Shimon b. Yochai says: Wherever it is writ

Mekhilta DeRabbi YishmaelWhat Is This That We Did in Sending Israel Away from Serving UsThe passage from the Mekhilta on Tractate Vayehi Beshalach traces the reversal in the thinking of Pharaoh and his servants after Israel departed Egypt. In the p

Mekhilta DeRabbi YishmaelThe Israelite Camp Did Not Come Near the Egyptian CampThe verse (Exodus 14:20) says of the night before the sea split, "And one did not come near another the entire night." The Mekhilta offers two readings of this

The Year Israel Left Egypt the Calendar Did Not Need an Extra Month

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