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, Vaera 7

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 7

And the Lord said unto Moses: “See, I have set thee in God’s stead to Pharaoh” (Exod. 7:1). Scripture states elsewhere in allusion to this verse: Lift up your heads, O ye gates, an...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 10

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 10

See, I have set thee in God’s stead to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet (Exod. 7:1). Just as the lecturer sits and lectures, and the interpreter explains his wor...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 11

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 11

When Pharaoh shall speak unto you (Exod. 7:9). Scripture states (elsewhere in reference to this verse): Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 12

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 12

When Pharaoh shall speak unto you (Exod. 7:9). Scripture says elsewhere: A fool spendeth all his spirit; but a wise man stilleth it within him (Prov. 29:11). That is, the fool says...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 17

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 17

And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased (Exod. 9:34). Such is the way of the wicked: whenever they are in trouble, they humiliate themselves, b...

Judgment

Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 1

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 1

And the Lord said unto Moses: “stretch out thy hand toward the heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt” (Exod. 10:21). Scripture ...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 4

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 4

Our sages of blessed memory said: The Holy One, blessed be He, followed the military tactics employed by kings when inflicting the plagues upon them. When the people of a province ...

Death

Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 7

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 7

And I will get me honor upon Pharaoh (Exod. 14:4). This verse tells us that whenever the Holy One, blessed be He, exacts retribution from the nations, His name is exalted in the wo...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 20

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 20

Then the Lord said unto Moses: “Behold, I will cause to rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may prove them whet...

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