Parshat Vayikra

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The laws of burnt offerings, meal offerings, peace offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings brought in the Tabernacle. Leviticus 1:1-5:26.

Midrash Tanchuma, Terumah 1

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Terumah 1

That they take for me an offering (Exod. 25:2). May it please our masters to teach us: What did they do with the surplus offering?1The surplus offering was from the funds contribut...

Death

Midrash Tanchuma, Terumah 4

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Terumah 4

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they take for me an offering (Exod. 25:2). Whenever the words for Me are stated in a verse, a blessing accompanies it. Does a blessing also ...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Terumah 5

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Terumah 5

And this is the offering which ye shall take of them: gold, silver, and brass; and blue and purple and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair; and rams’ skins dyed red, etc. (Exo...

Covenant

Midrash Tanchuma, Tetzaveh 3

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Tetzaveh 3

And thou shalt command the children of Israel (Exod. 27:20). If the lamp which is not for the purpose of eating requires pure olive oil, should not the meal-offerings, which are fo...

Torah

Midrash Tanchuma, Tetzaveh 14

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Tetzaveh 14

And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense (Exod. 30:1). What do the letters in the word ketoret (“incense”) stand for? The kuf stands for kedushah (“sanctification”), tet for ta...

Sacrifice

Midrash Tanchuma, Tetzaveh 15

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Tetzaveh 15

And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon (Exod. 30:1). Scripture states elsewhere in allusion to this verse: Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart (Prov. 27:9). This vers...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 26

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 26

And the Lord spoke unto Moses: “Depart, go up hence” (Exod. 33:1). This is what Scripture says in allusion to this verse: For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee ...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Vayakhel 10

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayakhel 10

And Bezalel made the ark (Exod. 37:1). You find that everything constructed for the Tabernacle was made in its proper order. First he made the boards and joined them together. Afte...

Torah

Midrash Tanchuma, Tazria 4

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Tazria 4

(Lev. 12:6:) “And when the days of her purification are fulfilled [for either a son or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb in its first year for a burnt offering….]” Why does sh...

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