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, Nasso 19

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 19

"And it was on the day that Moses had finished to erect the tabernacle" (Numbers 7:1). Our rabbis taught (Avot 1:2),"On three things the world stands: On the Torah, on the service ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 24

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 24

"And it was on the day that Moses had finished" (Numbers 7:1). So did Rabbi Tanchuma bar Abba open [his discourse from] (Proverbs 30:4), "Who has ascended heaven and come down": Th...

Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 27

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 27

(Numb. 7:2:) “Now the princes of Israel drew near (to make an offering).” You find that when Moses proclaimed and said (in Exod. 35:5), “Take from among you an offering [for the Lo...

Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 29

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 29

"On the eighth day, the chieftain of the Children of Menashe" (Numbers 7:54). Teach us, our rabbi, what is [the status of] a light of Chanukah from the first day that has oil remai...

Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 30

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 30

(Numbers 7:54:) "On the eighth day, the prince of the Children of Manasseh." R. Abbin Berabbi the Levite said, “As Joseph was offering his praise, his master saw him murmuring with...

Midrash Tanchuma, Korach 3

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Korach 3

(Numb. 16:1:) “Now Korah […] took.” [What] he took [was] his prayer shawl and he went to get counsel from his wife.11Numb. R. 18:4. When the Holy One, blessed be He, said (in Numb....

Midrash Tanchuma, Korach 4

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Korach 4

(Numb. 16:1:) “[Korah who is] the son of Izhar [who is] the son of Kohath [who is] the son of Levi betook himself.” But there is not written "the son of Jacob" [or] "the son of Isr...

Midrash Tanchuma, Korach 7

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Korach 7

(Numb. 16:15, cont.:) “And he said unto the Lord, ‘Pay no attention unto their meal offering.’” Do not accept them in repentance.32Numb. R. 18:10, cont. Scripture should have said,...

Midrash Tanchuma, Korach 10

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Korach 10

(Numb. 16:1:) “And On ben Peleth.” Why was he named On (which means "sorrow")?45Numb. R. 18:20; Sanh. 109b-110a. Because he remained in sorrow all his days. (Ibid.:) “Ben Peleth (p...