Midrash Stories

With cries of joyful anticipation, the soldiers ran for the storks and climbed on their horses.

The question bothered him very much and he decided to go to the town square where all the poor were gathered and ask them.

Taking pity on the pilot, the Ramban wrote the Holy Name on a piece of paper and told the pilot to place it in a corner of the boat, and when he arrived at the city of Barcelona, to make sure to destroy the note.

The inhabitants of Yerushalayim were exceptionally clever. Rabi Chuna said in the name of Rabi Yose, “Wherever this Yerushalmi went in the provinces, they arranged a seat of honor for him to sit upon in order to listen to his wisdom.”

A few weeks later, the master killed the hog and made a banquet for his friends.

That fall he harvested the crops and stored them in a warehouse. He did this for seven years.

Nadav was lifted on the horse and he hung on for dear life as the soldiers charged swiftly through the city streets.

The Gaon Rabi Yaakov, known throughout Europe as the Dubno Maggid, was a brilliant orator and scholar. He was never at a loss for...

When Rav saw that his wife was serving him what he really wanted, he was amazed and constantly surprised.

Ptolemy, King of Egypt, had requested of Elazar Kohen Gadol, that he send sages to his country to translate the Torah. Elazar complied by sending 72 sages. They were wined and dined and then the king put to them 72 questions, to test their wisdom.

Taking out a penknife from his pocket, David showed it to Daniel. Never had the latter seen anything so lovely.

The king ordered the three brought before him and asked, “Is it true you do not worship my image?”

After the death of Balshazzar, Darius the Medean became king of Babylon. He appointed 120 governors to rule over his provinces and over them he appointed three presidents, and over them he appointed Daniel. The king admired the wisdom of Daniel and this evoked jealousy and enmity among all the ministers who sought to find fault with him. But Daniel was too honest and wise.

Finally, his wife came in with the dinner that she had hurriedly prepared and which was not comparable to the wonderful repast she had given away.

But suddenly, now that I am a maggid, a man of Torah, the distance becomes very near. How did the land in between suddenly become lost? How is it that from far it became near?

Mattisyahu knew that Antiochus would be enraged when he heard what had happened, so he and his sons fled to the Judean Hills.

Dug out beneath his bunk was a little chest which he guarded with his very life. It contained a small Sefer Torah, miniature size, but kosher, and a shofar.

The Strength Of Suffering Man does not have it easy in this world. Sufferings are often visited upon him tempting him to curse his fate...

“With either of these two plans you can keep the Children of Israel in Egypt forever.”

But the people understood Yisro’s real reason for wishing to step down and they grew angry.

Every day a casket filled with gold would be lowered from the walls of Jerusalem and in return the army of Aristobulos would send up cattle for the korbanos.

The Magid Reb Pinchas of Kuritz despised falsehood and haughtiness and he loved honesty. He would usually say, “Arise very early in the morning...

And so the enemy burst into the Sanctuary and set up a stand on the Temple Mount.

Whatever the heathens have made has not been for the good of the world but only for their own pleasures.

The story of the Bnei Yisrael in the land of Mitzrayim is a tale that has become tragically repetitive in the history of our...

Now I know why Hashem punished us with the confiscation of our shul.

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Choni was astounded at what he had heard. “Apparently, I must have been sleeping for 70 years,” he thought to himself.

“You speak foolishly, daughter, how is it possible for a man who has not eaten for 10 years to live?”

Chazal taught: He who judges his associates (in questionable acts) with favor will be judged with favor from Above.