Moses Studying Torah Day and Night Nourished by the Shekhinah

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Ki Tisa 19:4

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

{As it is stated:} (Exodus 34:28:) "And he was there with the LORD." He was learning Torah by day and expounding it by night, by himself. Why? Only to teach Israel that they should labor in the Torah by day and by night. And from where was he nourished those forty days? From the splendor of the Divine Presence.

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