Parshat Yitro

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Jethro visits Moses, the revelation at Mount Sinai, and the giving of the Ten Commandments. Exodus 18:1-20:23.

Eleazar: Aaron in the Days of Moses

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 5:63

The story isn't quite so simple. According to the Legends of the Jews, as retold by Ginzberg, Aaron, eager to begin his sacred duties, headed straight for the Tabernacle. But Moses...

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Marriage of Moses and Greek

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 5:5

Exodus 4:20 tells us, "Moses took his wife and his sons, and mounted them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took the staff of God in his hand." Simple enough...

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The Golden Calf

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 37:2

We find one of those moments in the story of the Golden Calf, and how Aaron, brother of Moses, reacted to it. The scene: Moses is descending from Mount Sinai, clutching the tablets...

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Moses's Prayer and Meeting

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 46:3

The text suggests that these three actions originated from Moses' own reasoning, and, remarkably, his reasoning turned out to be in sync with God's own. The first instance involves...

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Moses's Transgression and Testimony

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 47:6

The Torah tells us that when Moses descended from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony – the luchot ha-brit (לוחות הברית) – he didn't realize his face was radiating li...

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Splitting of the Sea and Does

Midrash Aggadah Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 41:10

Let’s talk about Moses. We all know Moses. The guy who led the Israelites out of Egypt, parted the Red Sea, received the Torah on Mount Sinai. A towering figure of faith and leader...

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Moses's Transgression and Aggadah

Midrash Aggadah Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 405:1

The Yalkut Shimoni, a massive compilation of rabbinic commentary on the entire Hebrew Bible, offers a fascinating glimpse. In its section on Torah portion 405, it says something qu...

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Seder Olam Rabbah 6

Midrash Aggadah Seder Olam Rabbah 6

On the seventh day after the Ten Commandments Moshe went up on the mountain, as it says "The Presence of the LORD abode on Mount Sinai, and the cloud hid it for six days..." (Shemo...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Lech Lecha 6

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Lech Lecha 6

And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel (Gen. 14:1). May it please our master to teach us when a proselyte who has been converted on the eve of the Passover is permitted to par...

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