Parshat Vayishlach

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Jacob wrestles with the angel, his reunion with Esau, the incident at Shechem, Rachel's death, and the genealogy of Esau. Genesis 32:4-36:43.

Pesikta Rabbati 13

Midrash Aggadah Pesikta Rabbati 13

From Ephraim, who wrote in Amalek after you, Benjamin (Judges 5:14). May our Rabbis teach us what a person should say when he reads the Book of Esther. The Talmud teaches us that o...

Midrash Tanchuma, Lech Lecha 8

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Lech Lecha 8

And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel (Gen. 14:1). May it please our master to teach us whether a slave obtains his freedom if his owner assigns all his property to him as a ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 9

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 9

And the two angels came to Sodom (Gen. 19:1). May it please our master to teach us the number of death penalties the Beth Din (the court of seventy-one members) was empowered to im...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 10

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 10

And the two angels came to Sodom (Gen. 19:1). Scripture states elsewhere in allusion to this verse: But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit; therefore, He was turned to be th...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayetzei 2

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayetzei 2

He dreamed, and behold, a ladder set upon the earth; and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it (Gen. 28:12). R. Samuel the s...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayetzei 6

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayetzei 6

And God remembered Rachel (Gen. 30:22). May it please our master to teach us the blessing that is recited upon observing a handsome person? Thus do our masters teach us: Upon obser...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayishlach 3

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayishlach 3

He commanded them, saying; “Thus shall you say unto my lord Esau” (Gen. 32:5). R. Judah the son of Simon began the discussion with the verse: As a troubled fountain, and a corrupte...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayishlach 4

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayishlach 4

And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying … “He cometh to meet thee with four hundred men” (Gen. 32:7). Thereupon, Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed (ibid., v. 8). Why...

Midrash Tanchuma, Vayishlach 7

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Vayishlach 7

And Dinah, the daughter of Leah, went out to see (Gen. 34:1). Was she not also Jacob’s daughter? Indeed, but Scripture associates her name with that of her mother. Leah’s daughter ...