Parshat Shemot

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The Israelites' enslavement in Egypt, the birth of Moses, Moses at the burning bush, and God's call to liberate His people. Exodus 1:1-6:1.

Midrash Tanchuma, Shemot 29

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Shemot 29

And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord (Exod. 4:29). Moses began to reveal to him everything that the Holy One, blessed be He, had told him, and that he was to go perform t...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 5

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 5

And the Lord spoke unto Moses (Exod. 7:19). Scripture says elsewhere in allusion to this verse: Surely oppression turneth a wise man into a fool; and a gift destroyeth the understa...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 7

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 7

And the Lord said unto Moses: “See, I have set thee in God’s stead to Pharaoh” (Exod. 7:1). Scripture states elsewhere in allusion to this verse: Lift up your heads, O ye gates, an...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 9

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 9

See, I have set thee in God’s stead to Pharaoh (Exod. 7:1). The Holy One, blessed be He, said to Moses: The wicked Pharaoh boasts that he is a god. Make him realize that he is an i...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 11

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 11

When Pharaoh shall speak unto you (Exod. 7:9). Scripture states (elsewhere in reference to this verse): Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 14

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 14

And the Lord said unto Moses: “Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh from the water” (Exod. 8:16). Why did Pharaoh go to the waters early in the mor...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 16

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 16

Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been seen (Exod. 9:18). Zabdi the son of Levi said: He made a mark upon the wall and...

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...

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 ...