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, Vayera 6

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 6

May it please our master to teach us: If one of two sons is born to a man on Friday and the other on the Sabbath,8Either half-brother born of two different wives or twins born of o...

SacrificeCovenant

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 10

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 10

And the two angels came to Sodom (Gen. 19:1). Scripture states elsewhere in allusion to this verse: But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit; therefore, He was turned to be th...

Torah

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 14

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 14

And the Lord remembered Sarah, as he had said (Gen. 21:1). May it please our master to teach us: What is considered ona’ah (wrong doing)? Our masters teach us: A man is forbidden t...

Matriarchs

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 15

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 15

And the Lord remembered Sarah, as he had said (Gen. 21:1). Scripture states elsewhere in allusion to this verse: And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the Lord, have br...

Matriarchs

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 17

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 17

And the Lord remembered Sarah (Gen. 21:1). Scripture says elsewhere in allusion to this verse: Then the nations that are left round about shall know that I, the Lord, have builded ...

Holidays

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 22

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 22

And He said unto him: “Abraham”; and he said: “Here am I” (Gen. 22:1). What does the expression hineni (“here am I”) signify? It signifies meekness and piety. The meekness of pious...

SacrificeCovenant

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 23

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 23

And he saw the place from afar off (Gen. 22:4). Abraham said to Isaac: “Do you see what I see?” “I behold a glorious mountain encircled by a cloud,” he replied. Then he asked his y...

Sacrifice

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayeshev 3

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayeshev 3

And Joseph was brought down into Egypt (Gen. 39:1). May it please our master to teach us whether one may recite the Havdalah prayer at the expiration of the Sabbath with a light us...

JosephPrayer

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayeshev 4

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayeshev 4

And Joseph was brought down into Egypt (Gen. 39:1). Scripture states elsewhere in reference to this verse: Come and see the works of God; he acts circuitously in His doings toward ...

Death