Questions tagged [midrash]
Exegetical interpretation, often of verses in Tanach. The term also refers to books based on these interpretations, e.g., Midrash Rabba, Midrash Tanchuma, et al.
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14th-18th Centuries Commentaries on Eicha Rabbah
I'm looking for commentaries on Eicha Rabbah from the 14th-18th centuries (in print or manuscripts, preferably accessible online). I'm already familiar with Rabbi Shmuel Ashkenazi's Yefeh Anaf, Chida'...
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Does anyone know all the midrashim that were written by tannaim and amoraim?
I'm looking for a list of all the Midrashim, who wrote them, and when they were written.
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Rav Huna and Rav Yirmiya in Bereshit Rabbah
I'm trying to find out who were the Rav Huna and Rav Yirmiya cited in Bereshit Rabbah 1:4:
"Rabbi Huna and Rabbi Yirmeya said in the name of Rabbi Shmuel bar Rabbi Yitzแธฅak: The contemplation ...
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The Calf Incident and the Apis Bull - the 40 Days Reflex
There seems to be a similarity between the Golden Calf Incident and Egyptian religious rites as described on wikipedia:
The calf was kept at Nilopolis for forty days, after which a barge with a ...
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What did Chava say to Adam?
Gen. 3:17 explicitly says that Hashem punished Adam "because you listened to the voice of your wife" (ืืืืื ืืืจ ืื-ืฉืืขืช ืืงืื ืืฉืชื). What did she say? It's not there in the text.
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Eisav and Yaakov grabbing months
Thereโs that famous midrash/Zohar that Yaakov took Nissan, Iyar, and Sivan as his months, making them months of miracles and good, while Eisav took Tamuz, Av, and Elul as his months, making them ...
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Who is Rabbi Abba bar Mimi
As mentioned here https://library.alhatorah.org/?r1=Shir_HaShirim_Rabbah_1:10 in Shir HaShirim Rabbah, this Rabbi Abba bar Mimi is given as the prime example of someone who would discuss and debate ...
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Joseph's innocence and Potiphar's family- Any Rabbinic Source?
Are there any Rabbinic sources that claim a member of Potipharโs household witnessed Josephโs innocence in the incident with Potipharโs wife?
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How could Korah know the number of parshiyos in the Torah?
The answer here notes that when Korach argued with Moshe and Aharon, according to Midrash Tanchuma Korach 1, Korach mentioned that the number of parshiyos in the Torah is 275. How could he know this ...
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How many children did Datan and Aviram have?
The Torah in Parshat Korach - Bamidbar 16:27 - mentions that Datan and Aviram had wives, children and infants.
Do any Mefarshim or Midrashim say how many children and infants they were?
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Midrash on Korach and the mezuza
I have a question about a famous Midrash on Parshat Korach, Midrash Tanchuma, siman 2 on Parshat Korach:
ืึทืึผึดืงึทื ืงึนืจึทื. ืึทื ืึผึฐืชึดืื ืึฐืึทืขึฐืึธื ืึดื ืึธืขึดื ึฐืึธื, ืึผึทืึผึตืจ ืึถื ืึผึฐื ึตื ืึดืฉืึฐืจึธืึตื ืึฐืึธืึทืจึฐืชึผึธ ...
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King Shaul seemingly later in history than David hamelech?
In Targum Sheni on Esther 2:5, Mordechai's lineage is traced back to Binyamin, including Shaul HaMelech in it:
ืืจืืื ืืจ ืืืืจ ืืจ ืฉืืขื ืืจ ืฉืืืืข ืืจ ืืขื ื ืืจ ืืื ืืจ ืืืื ืืจ ืืคืืืืฉืช ืืจ ืืืื ืชื ืืจ ืฉืืื ืืจ ...
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Authorship of the Peirush Kadmon on Midrash Tanchuma
The Makhon Zikhron Aharon edition of the Midrash Tanchuma includes the Perush Kadmon commentary. The author of the commentary is quoted to be
ืืื"ืจ ืขืืจื ืืคืื ื ืืื"ืจ ืื ืื ืื ืืฆ"ื
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Source that discusses the fall of Iran?
Is there a source that discusses wearing bigde shabbos when Iran falls? Someone at work thought it may have been in tana dvei eliyahu but wasn't sure where exactly
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What happened to R Akiva's mounds of halachot?
Menachot 29b states the following:
ืึธืึธื ืึถืึธื ืึตืฉื ืฉึถืืขึธืชึดืื ืึดืึฐืืึนืช ืึฐึผืกืึนืฃ ืึทึผืึธึผื ืึผืึนืจืึนืช ืึทืขึฒืงึดืืึธื ืึถึผื ืืึนืกึตืฃ ืฉึฐืืืึน ืฉึถืืขึธืชึดืื ืึดืึฐืจืึนืฉื ืขึทื ืืึผื ืงืึนืฅ ืึธืงืึนืฅ ืชึดึผืืึดึผืื ืชึดึผืืึดึผืื ืฉึถืื ...
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