Parshat Vayeshev

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Joseph's dreams and his brothers' jealousy, Joseph sold into slavery, Judah and Tamar, and Joseph in Potiphar's house and prison. Genesis 37:1-40:23.

The Burning Bush That Was Not Consumed by the Flames

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 2:5

“An angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of the bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, but the bush was not consumed” (Exodus 3:2). ...

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Why Moses Turned Aside to See the Great Sight

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 2:6

In the story of Moses, that moment is captured in a single, powerful scene – the burning bush. The book of Exodus tells us (3:3) that Moses said, "I will turn now, and see this gre...

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Ishmael: Job at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 3:2

Our story begins in Exodus 3:7: “The Lord said: I have seen My people’s affliction that is in Egypt, and I have heard their outcry because of their taskmasters, as I know their pai...

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A Land Flowing With Milk and Honey Awaits Israel

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 3:3

We find ourselves in Exodus 3:8, where God tells Moses, "I have come down to deliver them from the hand of Egypt and to take them up from that land to a good and expansive land, to...

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Who Am I That I Should Go to Pharaoh

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 3:4

That's the situation Moses found himself in. In Exodus 3:11, Moses cries out to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should take the children of Israel out of Eg...

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Pharaoh: Kingdom of Moses

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 3:9

In the book of Exodus, specifically Exodus 3:19, God tells Moses, "And I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, except by a mighty hand.” It's a pretty direct warning. Bu...

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Egypt: Moses at the Dawn of Creation

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 4:1

The ancient rabbis saw that struggle playing out in the life of Moses, as he stood on the cusp of his world-changing mission. The book of Exodus (4:18) tells us, "Moses went and re...

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Covenant of Yitro

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 4:4

to one of those fascinating in-between moments, found in Shemot Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Exodus. The text focuses on a seemingly simple phras...

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A Single Word That Changed Moses' Destiny

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 5:3

A seemingly insignificant phrase can carry immense weight, altering the course of destiny. to a curious observation from Shemot Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on ...

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