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    Genesis Rabbah (Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה, romanized: Bərēšīṯ Rabbā) is a religious text from Judaism's classical period, probably written between 300...
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    humiliation, although the Genesis Rabbah portrays her as boastful and unashamed in regard to the pregnancy itself. Both the Genesis Rabbah and Talmud state that...
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    Melchizedek (category Book of Genesis people)
    called Jerusalem "Salem." (Genesis Rabbah 56:10.) The Rabbis said that Melchizedek instructed Abram in the Torah. (Genesis Rabbah 43:6.) Rabbi Eleazar said...
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    De-Rabbi Eliezer 36 Genesis Rabbah 41:2 Genesis Rabbah 45:2 Genesis Rabbah 45:9. Rosh Hashanah 16b Genesis Rabbah 45:7. Genesis Rabbah 47:3 Bava Metzia 87a;...
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    Vayigash (redirect from Genesis 46)
    also Genesis Rabbah 93:10. Babylonian Talmud Megillah 16a–b. Genesis Rabbah 94:2. Babylonian Talmud Taanit 10b. Genesis Rabbah 95:3. Genesis Rabbah 94:4...
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    Judah (son of Jacob) (category Book of Genesis people)
    (on Genesis 48:22) Midrash Vayissa'u Book of Jubilees 34:1-9 Testament of Judah 3-7 Midrash Genesis Rabbah 95:1; Midrash Tanhuma Genesis Rabbah 85:4...
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    Eve (category Book of Genesis people)
    origin for this etymological hypothesis is the rabbinic pun present in Genesis Rabbah 20:11, utilizing the similarity between Heb. Ḥawwāh and Aram. ḥiwyāʾ...
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    Josephus, in the Talmud, the Midrash, the Targum on the Torah, the Genesis Rabbah, and various other writings of Jewish theologians and philosophers....
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    Rebecca (category Book of Genesis people)
    Genesis 25:23. Strong's Concordance 6215, 6213. Rashi on Genesis 50:50. Strong's Concordance 3290, 6117. Genesis 25:26. Genesis Rabbah 63:10. Genesis...
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    jealousy, light-fingered and gadabout" (Genesis Rabbah 18:2). A similar set of charges appears in Genesis Rabbah 17:8, according to which Eve's creation...
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    Israel, and is composed largely of older works. Its redactor made use of Genesis Rabbah, Pesikta de-Rav Kahana, and the Jerusalem Talmud, in addition to other...
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  • Leviticus Rabbah 8:2 Genesis Rabbah 85:12 See Genesis Rabbah 85:9, 91:7; Leviticus Rabbah 32:4, "nitzotzah" and "hetzitz"; compare also Leviticus Rabbah 8:2...
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    Shem (category Book of Genesis people)
    traditions (e.g., B. Talmud Nedarim 32b; Genesis Rabbah 46:7; Genesis Rabbah 56:10; Leviticus Rabbah 25:6; Numbers Rabbah 4:8.), Shem is believed to have been...
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    romanized: Ēkhā Rabbāh) is a midrashic commentary to the Book of Lamentations. It is one of the oldest works of midrash, along with Genesis Rabbah and the Pesikta...
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    Midrash Rabba (redirect from Midrash Rabbah)
    "Rabbah" (רבה‎), meaning "great," as part of their name. These midrashim are as follows: Genesis Rabbah Exodus Rabbah Leviticus Rabbah Numbers Rabbah Deuteronomy...
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  • humankind Genesis creation narrative, the first several chapters of the Book of Genesis, which describes the origin of the Earth Genesis Rabbah, a midrash...
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    the person's thoughts, and introduce ideas. In the ancient midrash, Genesis Rabbah, the concept appears in connection with Isaac's deathbed blessing for...
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    apud Zakovitch, "Inner-Biblical Interpretation," 118; on Genesis Rabbah 65 19 Genesis 25 Genesis 27:34–40 Knecht, Friedrich Justus (1910). "XV. Esau and...
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    Homosexuality). 2002. Archived from the original on 2009-07-23. *Cf. Genesis Rabbah 50:5, on Gen. 9:22 ff. *More generally see Menachem Mendel Kasher, Torah...
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    a portion in the World to Come (Genesis Rabbah 30:4; 30:12). Rabbi Hiyya relates this account in the Genesis Rabbah: Terah left Abram to mind the store...
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    Lech-Lecha (redirect from Genesis 15)
    31b. Genesis Rabbah 44:14. Genesis Rabbah 44:14. Genesis Rabbah 95. Mishnah Eduyot 2:9. Genesis Rabbah 16:3. Genesis Rabbah 45:1. Genesis Rabbah 45:2...
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    Egyptians, a fifth sale occurred when the Egyptians sold him to Potiphar. (Genesis Rabbah 84:22) Joseph had good reasons not to have an affair with Potiphar's...
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    Bethuel (category Book of Genesis people)
    ISBN 9780802837851 "Genesis 24:50-51". www.sefaria.org. Babylonian Talmud Yevamot 64a; see also Genesis Rabbah 60:12 (wicked); 63:4 (a deceiver); Leviticus Rabbah 23:1...
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  • Abraham and the Idol Shop is a midrash that appears in Genesis Rabbah chapter 38. It tells about the early life of Abraham. The commentary explains what...
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    Genesis Rabbah l.c. Bava Batra 15b Genesis Rabbah 58:3, 61:4; compare Yalkut Shimoni Sotah 35a Job 1:6, 2:1 Leviticus Rabbah 17:4 Genesis Rabbah 24:4 Exodus...
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    de-Rav Kahana, the direct sources used by the redactor are Genesis Rabbah and Leviticus Rabbah. The material borrowed from these sources constitutes a large...
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  • not the author of Genesis Rabbah or the other midrashic works whose names end in "Rabbah". Genesis Rabbah is named after Hoshayah Rabbah, and the others...
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    ISBN 965-223-319-6. Genesis Rabbah 98:8; Shabbat 56a; Ketuvot 62b; see discussion in Shevet uMechokek MiBeit Yehudah Midrash Genesis Rabbah 53; Midrash Ecclesiastes...
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    Laban (Bible) (category Book of Genesis people)
    "an Aramean", and rama′i, "a deceiver", since Laban cheated Jacob (Genesis Rabbah 70:19). In this interpretation, arami personifies the Israelite peoples’...
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    Noach (redirect from Genesis 6)
    Talmud Sanhedrin 57a. Genesis Rabbah 31:1; see also 31:2–4. Genesis Rabbah 31:5. Genesis Rabbah 31:6. Genesis Rabbah 31:7. Genesis Rabbah 31:9. Jerusalem Talmud...
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