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, Beshalach 19

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 19

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. ...

Torah

Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 20

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 20

Then the Lord said unto Moses: “Behold, I will cause to rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may prove them whet...

Moses

Midrash Tanchuma, Yitro 1

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Yitro 1

18:1). Scripture states elsewhere in reference to this verse: And so I saw the wicked buried, and they came into their rest; but they that had done right went away from the holy pl...

Hell/Gehenna

Midrash Tanchuma, Yitro 8

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Yitro 8

In the third month (Exod. 19:11). May it please our master to instruct us: May one cure a pain in his mouth on the Sabbath? Thus do our masters teach us: One who has a pain in his ...

SoulShabbat

Midrash Tanchuma, Yitro 10

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Yitro 10

In the third month (Exod. 19:1). Scripture says elsewhere in allusion to this verse: Have I not written unto thee excellent things (shilshom) of counsels and knowledge (Prov. 22:20...

Torah

Midrash Tanchuma, Yitro 14

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Yitro 14

And God spoke (Exod. 20:1). May it please our master to teach us: What things have their reward in the world-to-come? Thus do our masters teach us: These are the things whose inter...

Torah

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...

Torah

Midrash Tanchuma, Yitro 17

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Yitro 17

Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon (Exod. 20:23). A logical conclusion may be derived from these words. If in regard to ...

Torah

Midrash Tanchuma, Mishpatim 2

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Mishpatim 2

21:1). Scripture says elsewhere: The king by justice establisheth the land, but the man who sets himself apart (terumah)1The word terumah means “something set aside,” as with the p...

Judgment