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.

Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 23

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 23

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants (Exod. 32:13). May our masters teach us: Until what time may the morning prayers be recited? Thus our masters teach us that the mo...

Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 33

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 33

And the Lord said unto Moses: “Write thou these words” (Exod. 34:27). May our masters teach us: Is one who writes two letters on the Sabbath (while unmindful of the prohibition or ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 36

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 36

And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights (Exod. 34:28). How did Moses know when it was day? When the Holy One, blessed be He, taught him the Written Law he knew i...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayakhel 1

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayakhel 1

And Moses said unto the children of Israel: “See, the Lord hath called by name Bezalel the son of Uri” (Exod. 35:30). May it please our masters to teach us: How far must a person g...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayakhel 4

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayakhel 4

See, the Lord hath called by name Bezalel (Exod. 35:30). Scripture says elsewhere: To whom then will ye liken Me, that I should be equal? saith the Lord. Lift up your eyes on high ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayakhel 8

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayakhel 8

And Bezalel made the ark of acacia-wood (Exod. 37:1). Because it was known to Him-who-spoke-and-the-world-came into-being that Israel will sin at Shittim, the Holy One, blessed be ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Pekudei 8

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Pekudei 8

The tabernacle of the testimony (Exod. 38:21). This refers the Torah in which they labored. The Holy One, blessed be He, said: Because of the Torah and the sacrifices, I will rescu...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayikra 4

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayikra 4

(Lev. 1:1:) “Then [the Lord] called unto Moses.” From where did He call him? From the tent of meeting. May His name be blessed forever, because He left the upper world and chose to...

Midrash Tanchuma, Tzav 5

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Tzav 5

(Lev. 7:11:) “This is the law of the sacrifice for peace offerings." When they offered the sacrifice of the peace offerings, the Holy One, blessed be He, would lift up His face to ...