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, Pinchas 4

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Pinchas 4

(Numb. 26:1-2:) “And it came to pass after the plague [that the Lord said unto Moses and unto Elazar ben Aaron the priest, saying,] ‘Take a census.’” Every time that they fell, the...

Midrash Tanchuma, Pinchas 10

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Pinchas 10

(Numb. 27:15-16:), “And Moses spoke […], ‘Let the Lord, [the God of the spirits of all flesh], appoint….’” Let our master instruct us: What blessing does one say on seeing a human ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Matot 4

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Matot 4

Another interpretation (of Numb. 31:2:) “Exact vengeance for the Children of Israel.” This text is related (to Job 36:7), “He does not withdraw His eyes from a righteous person […]...

Midrash Tanchuma, Devarim 2

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Devarim 2

(Deut. 1:1:) “These are the words that Moses spoke….” Israel said, “Yesterday you said (in Exod. 4:10), ‘I am not a man of words.’ And now you are speaking so much?” Rabbi Isaac sa...

Midrash Tanchuma, Re'eh 2

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Re'eh 2

See I, etc. (Deuteronomy 11:26): This is what is stated in the verse (Job 36:10-12), "He opens their ear by discipline, etc. If they will listen and serve, they shall spend their d...

Yalkut Shimoni 787

Midrash Aggadah Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 787

And they journeyed from Elim. That very day was the Sabbath in which they complained, as it is stated, "And the people murmured against Moses" (Exodus 16:2). And Moses assured them...

God's Omnipresence

Tree of Souls

And the answer, again and again, comes back to this: God is everywhere. It's right there in the scriptures. As it says, "His presence fills all the earth" (Isaiah 6:3). We're not t...

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God's Existence

Tree of Souls

That’s what we’re talking about when we talk about God. famous verse from Exodus (3:14), where God tells Moses, "I shall be what I shall be." It’s so much more than just a name. It...

CreationHeavenMessiahMoses

The Face Of God

Tree of Souls

It’s a question that’s haunted mystics and theologians for millennia. And the answer, as we find in Jewish tradition, is both breathtakingly beautiful and terrifyingly destructive....

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