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, Matot 2

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Matot 2

(Numb. 31:1-2:) “Then the Lord spoke, ‘Exact vengeance for the Children of Israel [on the Midianites].” Let our master instruct us: How many sustained blasts (teqi'ot) does one blo...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Matot 6

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Matot 6

(Numb. 32:1:) “Much livestock.” This text is related (to Ps. 75:7), “For it is not from the east or from the west [or from the wilderness that there comes an exaltation (harim)].” ...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Masei 2

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Masei 2

"These are the journeys of the Children of Israel" (Numbers 33:1). This is what is stated in the verse (Psalms 77:21), "You led (nachita) Your people like a flock through Moshe and...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Masei 10

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Masei 10

(Numb. 34:2), “This is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance.” What is the meaning of “to you?” To you it is fitting.29Numb. R. 23:11. [The matter] is comparable to a k...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Masei 13

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Masei 13

(Numbers 35:11:) “You shall provide yourselves with places to serve you as cities of refuge.” And it is written (in Numbers 35:13-14), “six cities of refuge shall there be for you....

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Midrash Tanchuma, Vaetchanan 5

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vaetchanan 5

"Lord God, You have begun" (Deuteronomy 3:24): There is a [relevant] parable: To what is this comparable? To a king that saw an orphaned woman and sought to marry her. He sent to p...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Eikev 3

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Eikev 3

(Deut. 7:12:) “And it shall come to pass if you heed [these statutes].” What is written above the matter (in Deut. 7:7)? “It is not because you are the most numerous of all the peo...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Eikev 5

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Eikev 5

All of the commandment that I command you today (Deuteronomy 8:1): This is what the verse stated (Proverbs 4:22), "They are life to him who finds them, healing for his whole body,"...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Eikev 6

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Eikev 6

Another interpretation: "All of the commandment" (Deuteronomy 8:1). If you have began with a commandment, finish all of it. Why? Rabbi Yochanan said, "Anyone who began with a comma...

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