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, 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 ...

Torah

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...

TorahPatriarchs

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...

MosesSolomon

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 ...

Sacrifice

Midrash Tanchuma, Metzora 2

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Metzora 2

(Lev. 14:2:) “This shall be the law of the leper.” This text is related (to Prov. 18:21), “Death and life are in the power of the tongue.” Everything depends on the tongue. [If] on...

Death

Midrash Tanchuma, Achrei Mot 2

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Achrei Mot 2

R. Levy opened (with Ps. 75:5), “I say to the merrymakers (la-holelim), ‘Do not make merry;’” [‘la-holelim’ means] those who create confusion (ma'arbavya').14PRK 26(27):3; Lev. R. ...

Torah

Midrash Tanchuma, Achrei Mot 8

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Achrei Mot 8

(Lev. 16:1:) “Now the Lord spoke unto Moses after the death [of Aaron's two sons].” This is what Elihu said (to Job 37:1), “At this also my heart trembles and leaps.” Elihu was obs...

MosesJob

Midrash Tanchuma, Achrei Mot 10

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Achrei Mot 10

(Lev. 17:3:) “If any single person from the House of Israel.” This text is related (to Ps. 51:20–21), “Make Zion prosper in Your good pleasure; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Then...

Sacrifice

Midrash Tanchuma, Kedoshim 15

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Kedoshim 15

(Lev. 20:9:) “For anyone whatever who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.” So too is it stated (Exod. 21:17), “He who curses his father or his mother shal...

SolomonDeath