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 33

Midrash Aggadah Pesikta Rabbati 33

Teach us o teacher: toward where should one who prays orient his heart? This is what our Rabbis taught: one should orient his heart toward the place of the Holy of Holies (Berachot...

Seder Olam Rabbah 9

Midrash Aggadah Seder Olam Rabbah 9

Chapter 9 They [the Israelites]--the entire congregation--came to the wilderness of Tzin in the first month, and the nation settled there, and Miriam died there and was buried ther...

Death

Seder Olam Rabbah 10

Midrash Aggadah Seder Olam Rabbah 10

Chapter 10 “And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that th...

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Seder Olam Rabbah 13

Midrash Aggadah Seder Olam Rabbah 13

Eli led Israel for forty years, and the day Eli died, he forsook his tabernacle, as it is said, “He rejected the tent of Joseph” (Psalm 78:67), and “He gave His strength into capti...

Death

Seder Olam Rabbah 29

Midrash Aggadah Seder Olam Rabbah 29

“And in the first year of Cyrus, the king of Persia, at the completion of the word of the Lord from the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord aroused… So said Cyrus, the king of Persia… Who ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 3

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 3

These are the generations of Noah. Blessed be the name of the King of Kings, the Holy One, blessed be He, who chose Israel from among the seventy nations of the world, as it is wri...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 16

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 16

And the whole earth was of one language (Gen. 11:1). May it please our master to teach us why a house with an eruv27A legal fiction which establishes the continuity of a community ...

Midrash Tanchuma, Lech Lecha 4

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Lech Lecha 4

And I will bless thee and make thy name great, and be thou a blessing (Gen. 12:2). And I will bless thee implies: I Myself will bless thee. I will make thy name great indicates tha...

Midrash Tanchuma, Lech Lecha 10

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Lech Lecha 10

After these things, the word of the Lord came unto Abraham, in a vision, saying: “Fear not, Abram!” (Gen. 15:1). May it please our master to teach us what (the) burnt offerings (pr...

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