Parshat Vaera

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God reveals His name to Moses, the first seven plagues strike Egypt, and Pharaoh's heart is hardened. Exodus 6:2-9:35.

Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 8

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 8

Another comment on Who is the King of Glory? (Ps. 24:10). He is the King of Kings, the Holy One, blessed be He, who apportions honor to those who fear Him. Therefore it is written:...

Solomon

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...

Death

Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 17

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 17

And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased (Exod. 9:34). Such is the way of the wicked: whenever they are in trouble, they humiliate themselves, b...

Judgment

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...

Covenant

Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 10

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 10

And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron: “This is the ordinance of the passover” (Exod. 12:43). There are chapters of the Torah in which a general statement is made at the beginning...

SacrificeHolidaysCovenant

Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 2

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 2

And Moses took the bones of Joseph (Exod. 13:19). How did Moses know where Joseph’s grave was to be found? They say that only Serah the daughter of Asher had survived from that gen...

Death

Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 18

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 18

And Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur (Exod. 15:22). The wilderness of Shur is actually the wilderness of Kazab. They say that...

Death

Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 26

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Beshalach 26

And Moses said unto Joshua: “Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek” (Exod. 17:9). From this verse it is apparent that Moses treated his disciple Joshua as his equal. Thi...

Death

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...

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