Parshat Chukat

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The red heifer purification ritual, the deaths of Miriam and Aaron, Moses strikes the rock, and the bronze serpent. Numbers 19:1-22:1.

Midrash Tanchuma, Balak 3

Midrash Tanchuma Midrash Tanchuma, Balak 3

(Numb. 22:4:) “So Moab said unto the elders of Midian.” What is the relevance of [mentioning] the elders of Midian here?7Numb. R. 20:4. It is simply that they saw Israel conquering...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Balak 20

Midrash Tanchuma Midrash Tanchuma, Balak 20

(Numb. 25:6:) “Just then one of the Children of Israel came and brought a Midianite woman unto his brothers [before the eyes of Moses and the eyes of the whole congregation of the ...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Pinchas 3

Midrash Tanchuma Midrash Tanchuma, Pinchas 3

(Numb. 25:16-17:) “Then the Lord spoke [unto Moses], saying, ‘Harass the Midianites […].’” Why?5Numb. R. 21:4. (Numb. 25:18:) “Because they are harassing you.” Hence the sages have...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Masei 2

Midrash Tanchuma Midrash Tanchuma, Masei 2

"These are the journeys of the Children of Israel" (Numbers 33:1). This is what is stated in the verse (Psalms 77:21), "You led (nachita) Your people like a flock through Moshe and...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Masei 4

Midrash Tanchuma Midrash Tanchuma, Masei 4

(Numb. 34:1–2:) “Then the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, ‘Command the Children of Israel [and say unto them], “When you come into the Land of Canaan, [this is the land]....”’” [“Th...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Eikev 8

Midrash Tanchuma Midrash Tanchuma, Eikev 8

At that time, the Lord said to me, "Carve out two tablets of stone like the first ones" (Deuteronomy 10:1): This is what the verse stated (Jeremiah 2:20), "For long ago you broke y...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Re'eh 2

Midrash Tanchuma Midrash Tanchuma, Re'eh 2

See I, etc. (Deuteronomy 11:26): This is what is stated in the verse (Job 36:10-12), "He opens their ear by discipline, etc. If they will listen and serve, they shall spend their d...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Shoftim 19

Midrash Tanchuma Midrash Tanchuma, Shoftim 19

You shall offer it terms of peace (Deuteronomy 20:10): Rabbi Levi said, "Moshe did three things and the Holy One, blessed be He, agreed with him. And these are them: It is written ...

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