Parshat Kedoshim

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The holiness code: love your neighbor, respect parents, keep Shabbat, honest dealings, and ethical commandments. Leviticus 19:1-20:27.

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayigash 7

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayigash 7

And Joseph made ready his chariot (Gen. 46:29). R. Yudan said in the name of R. Aibu: Two men were accorded more homage than any other men in all the world; they were Jethro and Ja...

Merkavah

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayechi 4

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayechi 4

And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph: “Benold, thy father is sick” (Gen. 48:1). May it please our master to teach us whether a benediction may be recited...

Death

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayechi 7

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayechi 7

And Jacob called unto his sons (Gen. 49:1). May it please our master to teach us whether the one who leads the congregation in prayer may respond “Amen” after the priests. Thus did...

PatriarchsTemplePrayer

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayechi 8

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayechi 8

And Jacob called unto his sons (Gen. 49:1). Scripture states elsewhere in allusion to this verse: He removeth the speech of men of trust, and taketh away the sense of the elders (J...

PatriarchsJob

Midrash Tanchuma, Shemot 1

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Shemot 1

1:1). Scripture states (elsewhere in allusion to this verse): He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chastiseth him betimes (Prov. 13:24). Normally, if a ma...

Death

Midrash Tanchuma, Shemot 4

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Shemot 4

1:1). The names of the Israelites were most appropriate for them. You find, in fact, that the Holy One, blessed be He, assigned their names to them. He gave Abraham a son, and He s...

Covenant

Midrash Tanchuma, Shemot 18

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Shemot 18

And Moses went and returned to Jethro, his father-in-law (Exod. 4:18). Scripture states elsewhere: But he is at one with Himself, and who can turn Him? And what His soul desireth, ...

MosesJob

Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 1

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 1

And God spoke unto Moses, and said unto him: “I am the Lord; and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob” (Exod. 6:2). May our masters teach us the punishment that is i...

DeathJudgment

Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 2

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 2

Therefore, say unto the children of Israel: “I am the Lord, and I will bring you out” (Exod. 6:6). The word therefore implies that an oath was involved, as it is said: Therefore I ...

Covenant