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, Bo 5

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 5

And the Lord spoke unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying (Exod. 12:1). Is it not a fact that He spoke only to Moses? Why, then, does the Scripture say unto Moses and Aa...

Covenant

Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 6

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 6

This month shall be unto you (Exod. 12:1). R. Ishmael said: He showed him the moon during night and said: Like this shall you examine the new moon; this shall be the law for future...

Holidays

Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 7

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 7

And it came to pass in the middle of the night, that the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt (Exod. 12:29). The Creator of the night divided the night precisely. The ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 8

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 8

And the people took their dough before it was leavened … upon their shoulders (Exod. 12:34). This indicates that the dough did not have sufficient time in which to leaven. Similarl...

Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 9

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 9

And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth (Exod. 12:37). The distance from Rameses to Succoth is forty parasangs (approx. 43 miles), yet Moses’ voice could be he...

Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 10

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 10

And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron: “This is the ordinance of the passover” (Exod. 12:43). There are chapters of the Torah in which a general statement is made at the beginning...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 11

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 11

Sanctify unto me all the firstborn (Exod. 13:2). This verse illustrates one of the thirteen rules by which the Torah is interpreted.12R. Ishmael’s thirteen hermeneutical rules; see...

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 ...

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)?...