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, Bo 13

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 13

And it shall be when thy son asketh thee tomorrow: “What is this?” (Exod. 13:14). Sometimes tomorrow means the next day, and sometimes it means the time to come. In the verse When ...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 14

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 14

And it shall be for a sign upon thy hand (Exod. 13:16). Upon thy hand refers to the biceps. Between thine eyes refers to the top of the forehead. Where is that located? The school ...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 3

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 3

And the Lord went before them by day (Exod. 13:21). You find that there were seven clouds of glory in all. And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud (ibid.) was the...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 5

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 5

And the Lord went before them by day (Exod. 13:21). Has it not already been said: Do not I fill heaven and earth? (Jer. 23:25), and also: The earth is full of His glory (Isa. 6:3)?...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 14

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The deeps cover them (Exod. 15:5). Were there actually any deeps? Is not the floor of the Red Sea flat and firm? This verse merely informs us that the lower depth as well as the up...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 17

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 17

The deeps were congealed (Exod. 15:8). He fashioned them into a kind of vault. In the heart of the sea (ibid.). Where is a man’s heart located? It is located just above two thirds ...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 19

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And they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water (Exod. 15:22). Some say that the water they had taken with them, from between the rocks, was exhausted by that time. ...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 22

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 22

Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb (Exod. 17:6). The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: Wherever you find the imprint of a man’s foot, there I stand b...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Yitro 16

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Yitro 16

I am the Lord thy God (Exod. 20:1). May it please our master to teach us: If a fire breaks out in a house in which there is a scroll of the Torah and other books, may their owner s...

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