Rashi tells us at the end of the Parsha how Nadav and Avihu at Har Sinai saw an image of Hashem. The pasuk describes this image but it is really beyond our full understanding. The pasuk goes on to say that Nadav and Avihu had a meal before this image and were chayav misa for [...]
The Midrash tells us that when Hashem said “Anochi Hashem Elokeicha”, the entire world went silent. Any small noise, anywhere in the world, even from the smallest of creatures or aspects of nature, even if unheard by others, would have “detracted from” (K’v’yachol) or distracted from Hashem's Oneness. We see for there to be a [...]
The midrash says that although the Manna tasted like whatever the eater wanted it to, if you had nothing it mind the Manna had a specific taste. The Midrash points out that the Torah describes this default taste differently in 3 places: In one it describes it as Lechem (bread), in another as Dvash (honey), [...]
ויקרא פרעה אל משה ויאמר לכו עבדו את ה פסוק זה עוסק אחרי מכת חושך כתב שהשם קרא למשה כשבמכות האחרות היה כתוב למשה ואהרן הכלי יקר מסביר; שה ’ ידע מתי שנולד משה נמלאה כל הבית אורה ושהיה סימן לעתיד שהיה לו סגולה להביא אור במקום חשך . -שבת שלום
The Midrash tells how during our time in Mitzraim, Klal Yisroel had stopped performing the mitzvah of Bris Milah. Hashem commanded Moshe and the other leaders of the generation to get all the people to have a bris milah before doing the Korban Pesach and leaving Mitzraim. However, many of the people were uninterested and [...]