Traditional Jewish exegesis such as Midrash ( Genesis Rabbah 38 ) says that Adam spoke Hebrew because the names he gives Eve-" Isha " ( Book of Genesis 2: 23 ) and " Chava " ( Genesis 3: 20 )-only make sense in Hebrew.

18 ) is construed as a reference to Joshua ( Midrash Numbers Rabbah xii.

23 ) is proved by Joshua's victory over Amalek ( Midrash Numbers Rabbah xiii ).

Not the sons of Moses — as Moses himself had expected — but Joshua was appointed successor to the son of Amram ( Midrash Numbers Rabbah xii ).

* Midrash Rabbah.

), Midrash Rabbah, 10 volumes, The Soncino Press, London, 1983.

A Midrash ( Genesis Rabbah Sect.

His main sources were the Babylonian Talmud, the complete Midrash Rabbah, the Midrash Tanhuma, and the two Pesiktot ( Pesikta De-Rav Kahana or Pesikta Rabbati ), the Midrash on Psalms, the Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer, and the Targum Onkelos.

Instances where rabbinic writings say that God made miracles a part of creation include Midrash Genesis Rabbah 5: 45 ; Midrash Exodus Rabbah 21: 6 ; and Ethics of the Fathers / Pirkei Avot 5: 6.

Midrash ( Bereshit Rabbah 9: 7 ) states: " Without the evil inclination, no one would father a child, build a house, or make a career.

In this literature, Balaam gradually acquired a position among the non-Jews, which was exalted as much as that of Moses among the Jews ( Midrash Numbers Rabbah 20 ); at first being a mere interpreter of dreams, but later becoming a magician, until finally the spirit of prophecy descended upon him ( ib.

; Taanit 20a ; Midrash Numbers Rabbah 20: 14 ).

Rabbi Simon ben Pazzi ( 3rd century ) calls these readings " emendations of the Scribes " ( tikkune Soferim ; Midrash Genesis Rabbah xlix.

14c ; Midrash Ruth Rabbah to ii.

Many rabbinic sources state that repentance is of paramount importance to the existence of this world, so that it was one of the seven provisions which God made before the Creation ( Talmud Bavli, tractates Pesahim 54a ; Nedarim 39b ; Midrash Genesis Rabbah 1 ).

The command given to Abraham to cut in pieces three heifers ( Genesis 15: 9 ) as a part of the covenant established between him and his God, was thus elucidated by readers of Daniel as symbolizing Babylonia, which gave rise to three kings, Nebuchadnezzar, Evil-merodach, and Belshazzar, whose doom is prefigured by this act of " cutting to pieces " ( Midrash Genesis Rabbah xliv.

This book seems to be a mystic work on the six days of creation, and corresponded in part to the small Midrash Seder Rabbah de-Bereshit.

Rabbi Bar Kappara was of the opinion ( recorded in the Midrash Rabbah ) that the third day was often the prime point for mourning in those days.

Rabbinical commentators in the Midrash Genesis Rabbah also say that Ishmael's mother Hagar was the Pharaoh's daughter, thereby making Ishmael the grandson of the Pharaoh.

( Midrash Vayikra Rabbah 9: 7 )

The first treatises on Hebrew grammar appear in the High Middle Ages, in the context of Midrash ( a method of interpreting and studying the Hebrew Bible ).

Even so, all Jewish religious movements are, to a greater or lesser extent, based on the principles of the Hebrew Bible and various commentaries such as the Talmud and Midrash.

Halakha, the rabbinic Jewish way of life, then, is based on a combined reading of the Torah, and the oral tradition-the Mishnah, the halakhic Midrash, the Talmud and its commentaries.

According to the Midrash, he came into the world on the same day that Rabbi Akiva died a martyr's death.

After collaborating with a Jewish convert to assist him with the Hebrew, Justin published an attack on Judaism based upon a no-longer-extant text of a Midrash.

The Midrash concentrates somewhat on remez but mostly on derash ( Some thinkers divide PaRDeS into pshat, remez, din ( law ) and sod.

In general the Midrash is focused on either halakha ( legal ) or Aggadic ( non-legal and chiefly homiletical ) subject matter.

* Midrash Qohelet, on Ecclesiastes ( probably before middle of ninth century ).

* Midrash Esther, on Esther ( A. D. 940 ).

The other is based on a manuscript published by Solomon Buber and is usually known as Midrash Tanhuma Buber, much to many students ' confusion, this too is sometimes referred to as Midrash Tanhuma Yelamdenu.

* Midrash Shmuel, on the first two Books of Kings ( I, II Samuel ).

* Midrash Tehillim, on the Psalms.

* Midrash Mishlé, a commentary on the book of Proverbs.

Its scriptural exegesis can be considered an esoteric form of the Rabbinic literature known as Midrash, which elaborates on the Torah.

:... Less use is made of the halakhic Midrashim, the Jerusalem Talmud, and the other Targums, nor of the Midrashim like the Aggadat Shir ha-Shirim, the Midrash on Proverbs, and the Alfabet de-R. Akiva.

The earlier part of the Zohar, also known as Zohar ` Al haTorah ( Zohar on the Torah, זוהר על התורה ) or Midrash Rashbi, contains several smaller " books ," as described below.

In this assembly of Holy Friends, which took place in the Beit Midrash of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, secrets of and revelations on mitzvot of the Torah are explained and clarified — roots and deep meanings of mitzvot.

Midrash haNe ` elam is located within the body of the Zohar ( parashat Vayera, Chayei Sarah, Toldot ) and the Zohar Chadash ( pp. 2b-30b ; 46b-47b ( in the Zohar Chadash edition by Rav Reuven Margoliot ), and in parashat Balak, Ki Teitze, and the entire Zohar Chadash on Shir haShirim, Ruth, and Eikah.

And this derush is founded on the neshamah ; its name befits it -- Midrash haNe ' elam.

The manuscripts pertained also to all parts of the Zohar — some were similar to Zohar on the Torah, some were similar to the inner parts of the Zohar ( Midrash haNe ` elam, Sitrei Otiyot and more ), and some pertained to Tikunei haZohar.

* A Midrash included in Genesis Rabba attributes a major act of iconoclasm to Abraham.

When Laban planned to deceive Jacob into marrying Leah instead of Rachel, the Midrash recounts that both Jacob and Rachel suspected that Laban would pull such a trick ; Laban was known as the " Aramean " ( deceiver ), and changed Jacob's wages ten times during his employ ( Genesis 31: 7 ).

" ( Genesis 1: 31 )— Midrash: Rabbi Nahman said in Rabbi Samuel's name: " Behold, it was good " refers to the Good Desire ; " And behold, it was very good " refers to the Evil Desire.

31b ; Midrash Genesis Rabbah xlvi.

It is possible that the view of them is echoed in the Midrash: " If thy sons accept My Godhead undergoing circumcision I shall be their God and bring them into the land ; but if they do not observe My covenant in regard either to circumcision or to the Sabbath, they shall not enter the land of promise " ( Midrash Genesis Rabbah xlvi .).

Rabbinic sources ( Midrash Raba, Genesis 74: 13 and elsewhere ), on the other hand, state that Bilhah and Zilpah were also Laban's daughters, through his concubines, making them half-sisters to Rachel and Leah

" ( Midrash Genesis Rabbah iv.

* Midrash Rabbah: Genesis.

* Midrash Rabbah Genesis Volume I at Internet Archive