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, Ki Tisa 28

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 28

The Lord said to Moses: “Hew these two tablets of stone” (Exod. 34:1). May it please our masters to teach us: How many verses of the Torah must the reader recite? Thus did our mast...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 31

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 31

Hew these two tablets of stone (Exod. 34:1). When did Moses descend from the mountain? R. Judah the son of Shalum said: Moses remained on the mountain with the Holy One, blessed be...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 32

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 32

And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there (Exod. 34:5). How fortunate was Moses was that he could come before the Omnipresent while no angel or seraph was able ...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 34

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 34

And the Lord said unto Moses: “Write thou these words, for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel” (Exod. 34:27). Scripture states elsewher...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 35

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 35

Another comment on write thee (Exod. 34:27). Scripture states elsewhere: Let them be thine only, and not a stranger’s with thee (Prov. 5:17). What does this verse refer to? When th...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 36

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 36

And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights (Exod. 34:28). How did Moses know when it was day? When the Holy One, blessed be He, taught him the Written Law he knew i...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 37

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 37

And it came to pass, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai … Moses knew not that the skin of his face sent forth beams (Exod. 34:29). Why did Moses merit the beams of glory? Our sa...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Vayakhel 3

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayakhel 3

And Moses said unto the children of Israel: “See, the Lord hath called by name Bezalel” (Exod. 35:30). Scripture states elsewhere: So shalt thou find grace and favor in the sight o...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Pekudei 5

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Pekudei 5

These are the accounts of the Tabernacle (Exod. 38:21). Scripture states elsewhere: A faithful man shall abound with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unp...

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