Guide
Midrash
2nd–6th Centuries
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By Carol Bakhos
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Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael
If a man gives to another an ass or an ox or a sheep [or any animal to guard] (Exodus 22:9). [ . . . ]
An ass or an ox or a sheep teaches me…
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Mekhilta de-Rabbi Simeon bar Yoḥai
If one strikes a man [and he dies, he shall surely be put to death] (Exodus 21:12). I only know from this about one who strikes a man. How…
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Sifra
[But every purification offering whose blood is brought to the tent of meeting to make atonement in the holy place, it shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire…
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Sifre Numbers
Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses [because of the Cushite woman he had married] (Numbers 12:1, NJPS).
Now how did Miriam know…
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Sifre Deuteronomy
Furthermore, one should rejoice more in chastisement than in prosperity. For if one is prosperous all his life, no sin of his will be forgiven. What brings…
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Genesis Rabbah Proems
1. R. Oshaya began: I was beside him as an ’amon. I was his delight every day [ . . . ] (Proverbs 8:30). ’Amon [may mean] “a tutor” [lit., a pedagogue]; ’amon [may mean] “covered”; ’amon [may mean]…