Midrash Tells Children. The Book of Vayikra

Midrash (the explanations of our sages) — is a story related to the sacred texts, their heroes, and plots, but the midrash tells about what is absent in these books. What is absent — but is restored through other parts of the Torah, other texts, and oral traditions. Using the full scope of knowledge and rules for text interpretation, our sages come to a new, deeper, often unexpected understanding of what might seem to be long known and studied. In the proposed series of books "Midrash Tells Children," some midrashim are presented for each weekly Torah portion. The first volume is dedicated to the Book of Bereshit. Young readers will learn about the creation of the world and the history of the covenant between the Almighty and Abraham, about Abraham's son Isaac and his grandson Jacob, about the twelve tribes of Israel and their life in Egypt, about the indissolubility of the covenant between the Almighty and the children of Israel.