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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Meaning of this midrash
The Gemara says:
Rabba bar bar Chana recounted: "One time, we were traveling by ship, and we saw a giant fish with a type of parasite (kilbis) in its nostrils. The sea cast the fish ashore, and ...
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Meaning / Significance of the Ring on planet Saturn
Shabbos and the planet Saturn are linked. I was wondering if anyone has a source for the ring(s) on the planet Saturn being a wedding between the Jews / Shabbos / Hashem? I heard this idea before but ...
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Source for Ancient Prohibition against Writing Prayers?
This short article on the History of the Siddur claims:
In ancient times, customary daily prayers were recited by heart, or a
reader prayed aloud and the congregation responded to the blessings
with “...
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The curse of King Darius
In sefer Ezra 6:11 it tells us that King Darius decreed that anyone who attempted to disrupt the resumed construction of the beis hamikdash would have a beam removed from their home and they would be ...
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What’s the source for this midrash about Pharaoh?
R.Louis Ginzberg wrote in his book, Legends of the Jews 3:1:28-71
(40) ..... and I sent Moses and Aaron, My faithful messengers, to Pharaoh. When they came before the king of Egypt, they spake to him, ...
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What is Midrash Panim Acheirim and Midrash Abba Gourion?
What exactly are these midrashic texts as well as who was the author and when was it put together?
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G-d traveling 18,000 worlds
What’s the deeper meaning behind this midrash in Avodah Zara 3b:
ובליליא מאי עביד איבעית אימא מעין יממא ואיבעית אימא רוכב על כרוב קל
שלו ושט בשמונה עשר אלף עולמות שנאמר (תהלים סח, יח) רכב אלהים ...
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Men's response to women's teshuka - source and explanations
I am looking for what I thought was a gemara I learned a long time ago somewhere in moed but can't find now (I am still fairly sure it is there but it might very well not be). It effectively stated ...
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Who carried the aron which traveled in front of the camp?
Rashi describes how the aron (which contained the broken pieces of the first luchos and which was taken out with the Jewish army in times of battle) would travel in front of the camp in the desert. ...
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What happened during Matan Torah and when?
The Rebbe suggested that HaShem was pleased when He came to give them the Torah and saw everyone still sleeping in the early morning. Other sources indicated G-d's wrath: how dare Israelites make G-d ...
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Looking for a midrash concerning aveirot that increase suspicions of oneself in others
Shalom.
I asked this question a few days ago, and quickly deleted it when I realised it was Yom Tov (I am a Noachide). I tried reinstating the question just now, but noticed that it did not go to the ...
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Torah only given to share with others?
Where do Chazal say that Hashem gave the Torah to Klal Yisroel not for ourselves as individuals to learn rather to understand and give over to others?
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Is there a story where the sages taught that Cain was the son of the Satan
Do the sages teach that Cain came from the union from Eve and The Satan?
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How can Rashi seemingly say that Mordechai had attended the feast of Achashverosh?
We find in a discussion in the Gemara (Megillah 12a):
״לַעֲשׂוֹת כִּרְצוֹן אִישׁ וָאִישׁ״, אָמַר רָבָא: לַעֲשׂוֹת כִּרְצוֹן
מָרְדֳּכַי וְהָמָן
"That they should do according to every man's [ish, ...
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What’s the source for this midrash?
This article cites a midrash about David's death that I've heard a few times:
The Last Day Of David HaMelech
Basically the angel of death kills him in the split second he’s not learning Torah because ...
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