The Tachash in the Wilderness in Tanchuma Terumah

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Terumah 5:1

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

Another interpretation of "And this is the offering" [etc., "and skins of tachash"]. Rabbi Judah and Rabbi Nehemiah: Rabbi Judah says, there was a great beast in the wilderness, and they took it and made curtains from it. And Rabbi Nehemiah said, it was a work of miracles, and at the hour that it was created, in that same hour it was hidden away.

Themes

ExodusMiraclesAnimalsWisdomEgypt

Biblical References

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