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, Bamidbar 26

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar 26

(Numb. 4:18) “Do not cut off.” This text is related (to Nahum 1:7), “The Lord is good, a shelter in the day of trouble; He knows those who trust in Him.” The nature of the Holy One...

Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 3

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 3

(Numb. 5:15:) “Then he shall bring the offering for her, one-tenth an ephah of barley meal.” Why does she bring barley meal?19Sot. 2:1; cf. Sifre, to Numb. 5:15. Because she behave...

Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 6

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 6

(Numb. 5:13:) “In that a man has slept with her carnally.” [“A man” is to] exclude a minor, and one who is not a man.38On the exception, see Sifre, Numb. 5:13 (7). Cf. Sot. 4:4; TS...

Death

Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 8

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 8

(Numb. 6:22–23:) “Then the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, “Speak unto Aaron and unto his children, saying, ‘Thus shall you bless the Children of Israel.’” Let our master instruct u...

Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 13

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 13

(Numb. 7:1:) “So it came to pass on the day that Moses had finished.” This text is related (to Prov. 27:18), “The one who tends a fig tree shall eat its fruit.” The Holy One, bless...

Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 20

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 20

"And it was on the day that Moses had finished to erect the tabernacle" (Numbers 7:1). This is [the meaning of] that which was stated by the verse (Song of Songs 4:16), "Awake, O n...

Sacrifice

Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 22

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 22

"And it was on the day that Moses had finished" (Numbers 7:1). Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said, "The Holy One, blessed be He, made conditions with Israel before they left Egypt, that ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Korach 3

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Korach 3

(Numb. 16:1:) “Now Korah […] took.” [What] he took [was] his prayer shawl and he went to get counsel from his wife.11Numb. R. 18:4. When the Holy One, blessed be He, said (in Numb....

Judgment

Midrash Tanchuma, Korach 8

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Korach 8

(Numb. 16:23–24:) “And the Lord spoke […], ‘Speak unto the congregation, saying, “Get away from about [the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram].”’” Although Moses heard it from t...