The Midrash Tanchuma says: אַתְּ מוֹצֵא שְׁלֹשָׁה שֵׁמוֹת נִקְרְאוּ לוֹ לְאָדָם, אֶחָד מַה שֶּׁקּוֹרְאִים לוֹ אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ, וְאֶחָד מַה שֶּׁקּוֹרְאִין לוֹ בְּנֵי אָדָם, וְאֶחָד מַה שֶּׁקּוֹנֶה הוּא לְעַצְמוֹ. Chazal tell us a person has 3 names, what his parents call him, what hi peers call him, and lastly, the name he acquires for himself. [...]
A Midrash Tanchuma R. Alexandri said: Two mules are being led along a road by men who despise each other. Suddenly, one of the mules falls to the ground. As the one who is leading the second mule passes by, he sees the mule of the other man stretched out beneath his load, and [...]
The first Midrash in this weeks parsha: He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chastiseth him (Prov. 13:24). Normally, if a man in-forms his friend that someone has beaten his son, the fa-ther would deprive the guilty person even of the source of his livelihood. Why, then, does [...]
The Midrash Tanchuma asks why was it that only Yitzchak became blind from the actions of Eisav and his wives and not Rivka. The Midrash answers because Rivka grew up with Lvan and Besuel, while Yitzchak grew up in the house of Avraham, and so was more sensitive and effected. Compare this with the [...]