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, Behar 3

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Behar 3

(Lev. 25:25:) ”When your relative becomes poor and sells some of his property, then his redeemer shall come.” Who is his redeemer? I am He, as stated (in Jer. 50:33-34), “The Child...

Midrash Tanchuma, Bechukotai 2

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bechukotai 2

(Lev. 26:3:) “If you walk in My statutes….” This text is related (to Hos. 9:17), “My God will reject them because they did not heed Him….” The Holy One, blessed be He, said, “I hav...

Midrash Tanchuma, Bechukotai 6

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bechukotai 6

Another interpretation (of Lev. 27:2), “When anyone explicitly vows”: The nations say (in Micah 6:6-7), “With what shall I come before the Lord, bow myself before God on high, [….]...

Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 6

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 6

(Numb. 1:1:) “Then the Lord spoke unto Moses.” Fortunate are you, Moses!25Numb. R. 1:6; cf. Lev. R. 1:1. Six hundred thousand were present with the priests, the Levites, and the el...

Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 10

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 10

(Numb. 2:2:) [“The Children of Israel shall camp,] each with his standard, under the banners for their fathers' houses….” This text is related (to Ps. 20:6), “Let us shout for joy ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 11

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 11

(Numb. 2:2:) “Each with his standard, under the banners [for their fathers' houses….]” This text is related (to Cant. 6:10), “Who is this woman that shines through like the dawn, a...

Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 16

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 16

(Numb. 3:15:) “Enroll the Children of Levi….” This text is related (to Ps. 68:7), “God causes individuals to dwell in a home.” A certain matron78Lat.: matrona. asked R. Jose ben Ha...

Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 21

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 21

Another interpretation (of Numb. 3:40), “enroll every first-born male.” But look, we find two hundred and seventy-three first-born, who were found to be in excess of the [number of...

Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 23

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 23

(Numb. 4:18:) “Do not cut off.” Let our master instruct us: In the case of one who commits a transgression punishable with excision according to the Torah, how do they receive pard...