Parshat Lech Lecha

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God calls Abraham to leave his homeland for Canaan. Covers Abraham and Sarah in Egypt, the separation from Lot, the war of the kings, and the covenant between the pieces. Genesis 12:1-17:27.

Midrash Tanchuma, Bereshit 12

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bereshit 12

And the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth (Gen. 6:5). Our sages taught: As punishment for lewdness (in the world) androlepsia41Reprisal taken against all m...

Judgment

Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 3

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 3

These are the generations of Noah. Blessed be the name of the King of Kings, the Holy One, blessed be He, who chose Israel from among the seventy nations of the world, as it is wri...

DeathShekhinah

Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 4

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 4

A question. An Israelite is forbidden to steal from a fellow human being. No punishment for the performance of any prohibited act mentioned in the Torah is harsher than that admini...

Judgment

Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 6

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 6

And God remembered Noah (Gen. 8:1). May it please our master to teach us the benediction recited upon witnessing a rainbow. Thus did our masters teach us: Upon seeing a rainbow, on...

Death

Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 12

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 12

And the sons of Noah left the ark (Gen. 9:18). May it please our master to instruct us whether man or woman is enjoined to fulfill the commandment to Increase and multiply (Gen. 1:...

Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 15

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 15

And he planted a vineyard (Gen. 9:20). Where did he obtain the shoots for the vineyard? He obtained them from the grape seeds he had brought into the ark.24See Pesikta Rabbati 23. ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 17

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 17

And the whole earth was of one language (Gen. 11:1). Scripture states elsewhere in allusion to this verse: Slay them not, lest my people forget, make them wander to and fro by Thy ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 19

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 19

Come, let us go down there and confound their language (Gen. 11:7). He confounded their speech to such a degree that no one was able to understand his companion’s speech. Originall...

Midrash Tanchuma, Lech Lecha 1

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Lech Lecha 1

And the Lord said unto Abram: “Get thee out of thy country” (Gen. 12:1). May it please our master to teach us whether an Israelite is permitted to take upon himself the yoke of the...