Parshat Bereshit

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Covers the creation of the world in six days, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, the first sin, Cain and Abel, and the generations from Adam to Noah. Genesis 1:1-6:8.

Pesikta Rabbati 5

Midrash Aggadah Pesikta Rabbati 5

… it is written there “Behold the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You…” (Melachim I 8:27) and here it is written “…the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.” (Sh...

Pesikta Rabbati 7

Midrash Aggadah Pesikta Rabbati 7

And the one who offered his sacrifice on the first day was Nachshon ben Aminadab of the tribe of Judah (Numbers 7:12). Our Rabbi, the one who offered the sacrifice to the altar, ta...

Seder Olam Rabbah 2

Midrash Aggadah Seder Olam Rabbah 2

Chapter 2 Our forefather Jacob was 63 when he was blessed. Ishmael died at that time as is written, "Esau saw that Isaac had blessed...Jacob listened to his father...Esau saw [the ...

Seder Olam Rabbah 7

Midrash Aggadah Seder Olam Rabbah 7

"And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. And thou shalt put therein the ark of ...

Seder Olam Rabbah 8

Midrash Aggadah Seder Olam Rabbah 8

"And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year..." (Numbers 1:1).1Guggen...

Pirkei Avot 3

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei Avot 3

Akabyah ben Mahalalel said: mark well three things and you will not come into the power of sin: know from where you come, and where you are going, and before whom you are destined ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 1

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 1

[These are the generations of Noah (Gen. 6:9).] May it please our master to instruct us concerning the number of transgressions for which women die during childbirth. Thus have our...

Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 2

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 2

These are the generations of Noah (Gen. 6:9). R. Tanhuma the son of Abba began the discussion of this subject with the verse: The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he t...

Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 13

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 13

And Noah, the husbandman, began and planted a vineyard (Gen. 9:20). Noah degraded himself when he began to till the soil. R. Judah the son of R. Shalum said: At first Noah was call...