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Why Pharaoh of Exodus, in Ezekiel 29:3?
Ezekiel 29:3:
"Speak these words:
Thus said the Sovereign GOD:
I am going to deal with you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt,
Mighty monster, sprawling in your channels,
Who said,
My Nile is my own;
I ...
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How many years did Yocheved live?
**Seder Olam Rabbah 9 - **"Serah bat Asher was among those who came to Egypt and those who left it. [She was] from those who came to Egypt, as it is written, "And Serah their sister" (...
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Malachim not to sing Shirah at the Yam Suf, and the verse proving it
The Baal Haturim brings on Shemos 14:20
וַיָּבֹ֞א בֵּ֣ין ׀ מַחֲנֵ֣ה מ��צְרַ֗יִם וּבֵין֙ מַחֲנֵ֣ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיְהִ֤י הֶֽעָנָן֙ וְהַחֹ֔שֶׁךְ וַיָּ֖אֶר אֶת־הַלָּ֑יְלָה וְלֹא־קָרַ֥ב זֶ֛ה אֶל־זֶ֖ה כׇּל־...
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Did the Jews speak Lashon Hara while in Egypt
In Vayikra Rabbah 32:5 the Midrash Rabbah is explicit that one of the reasons the Jews were redeemed from exile is because the did not speak Lashon Harah (slander) about each other while they were in ...
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Source that we were enslaved in Egypt to bring national unity
I heard in a Shiur that the Medresh says that the reason we were enslaved in Egypt was to bring national unity. Does anyone know where the Medresh says that? Thanks.
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Midrash on commandments for non-Jews
Note: I had recalled seeing this or a similar question somewhere on the site but couldn't find it.
There's a midrash that appears in two versions (that I know of), one in Midrash Tehillim 21:1:
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Is there a midrash that says all of the water in the world split at the time of the splitting of the reed sea?
Is there a midrash that states that all the bodies of water split during the splitting of the reed sea? If yes, I would think that such an event would be recorded in some secular history book? Are ...
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How does one calculate from pesach to the keriat yam suf?
Quote“We are all familiar with the historical reason for celebrating the ‘seventh day of Passover’ – for (according to the Midrash) the miracle of the splitting of the Red Sea took place seven days ...
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Looking for midrash source
A couple of years ago I heard a vort based on a midrash. The midrash apparently stated that when Yisrael were enslaved in Egypt, the Egyptians made them work very hard at building magnificent ...
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According to Seder Olam Rabbah, when did Bnei Yisrael travel to Refidim?
According to the chronology I cite here from Seder Olam Rabbah ch. 5,
ומאילם נסעו לאלוש, שנאמר ויסעו מאילם ויבאו כל עדת בני ישראל אל מדבר סין (שמות טז א) (הוא אלוש) בחמשה עשר יום לחדש השני לצאתם ...
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How far was the basket away from Batya?
Midrashim says that the basket in which Moshe Rabbeinu was there was far away from batya. She reached our her hands which became elongated.
How far exactly was the basket away from Batya?
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Why did Batya get tzaraat?
Midrashim says that Batya got tzaraat, so she use to go to the river nile to feel better after washing.
why did she get tzaraat?
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No issue of techum during kriyas yam suf
The Torah says that the sea formed a wall to the left and right of the Jews. The Midrash clarifies that it became a solid wall.
The Chasam Sofer (to be precise, his grandson), to resolve a different ...
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Looking for Midrash which says Pharaoh was not a firstborn
I remember learning some time ago about Pharaoh during the time of Yetizias Mitzrayim not being a first born because he slayed all of his brothers to become king, but now I can't find it.
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"They could have walked out of Egypt" Source?
I have heard on multiple occasions of a Chazal that states something along the lines of:
"Had Binei Yisroel merited/been righteous enough, they could have walked out of Egypt."
There are a number of ...
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