## Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Behar

###### Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Behar 9:1
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וכי ימוך אחיך, אלו ישראל, שנאמר וימוכו בעונם (תהלים קו מג), ומכר מאחוזתו, שנמכרו ביד מדי, בידי המן, ובא גואלו זה מרדכי, וגאל את ממכר אחיו, שכיסה עונותיהם של ישראל, שכולם היו ראויין להריגה, שאכלו מתבשלישי עובדי כוכבים, שנאמר ובמלאת הימים האלה עשה המלך לכל העם וגו' (אסתר א ה), ונתגרה בהם המן, שנאמר הפיל פור וגו' (שם ג ז), וזכות מרדכי נצולו, נאמר ונהפוך הוא וגו' (שם ט א), הוי וגאל את ממכר אחיו.

**Midrash Tanhuma, S. Buber Recension; trans. by John T. Townsend, 1989.:**
(Lev. 25:25:) WHEN YOUR RELATIVE BECOMES POOR. This is Israel, of whom it is stated (in Ps. 106:43): SO THEY BECAME POOR THROUGH THEIR INIQUITY.³⁴., Lev. R. 9:4. (Lev. 25:25, cont.:) AND SELLS SOME OF HIS PROPERTY, into the hand of a Mede, i.e., into the hands of Haman. (Lev. 25:25, cont.:) THEN HIS REDEEMER SHALL COME. This is Mordecai. (Lev. 25:25, cont.:) AND REDEEM WHAT HIS RELATIVE HAS SOLD, in that he covered up the sins of Israel, since they all were deserving of slaughter, because they had eaten some cooked food of star worshipers.³⁵ It is so stated (in Esth. 1:5): AND WHEN THESE DAYS WERE FULFILLED, THE KING MADE A SEVEN-DAY BANQUET FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE TO BE FOUND IN SHUSHAN THE CAPITAL, BOTH GREAT AND SMALL …. Now Haman was jealous of them (i.e., of the Jews), as stated (in Esth. 3:7): PUR, i.e., THE LOT, WAS CAST BEFORE HAMAN ….³⁶ But due to Mordecai they were delivered, as stated (in Esth. 9:1): THE OPPOSITE HAPPENED, IN THAT THE JEWS GAINED CONTROL OVER THEIR ENEMIES . Ergo (in (Lev. 25:25, cont.:) AND REDEEM WHAT HIS RELATIVE HAS SOLD.

footnotes:
³⁴ Tanh
³⁵ See Esth. R. 2:5.
³⁶ The previous verse indicates that the lot was being cast to determine the best time to move against all the Jews of the kingdom.


###### Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Behar 9:2
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ד"א ובא גואלו הקרוב אליו, זה הקב"ה, שנאמר גואלם חזק ה' (ירמיה נ לד), הקרוב אליו, זה הקב"ה, שנאמר וירם קרן לעמו תהלה לכל חסידיו לבני ישראל עם קרובו הללויה (תהלים קמח יד).

**Midrash Tanhuma, S. Buber Recension; trans. by John T. Townsend, 1989.:**
Another interpretation (of Lev. 25:25, cont.:) THEN HIS REDEEMER SHALL COME, THE ONE MOST CLOSELY RELATED TO HIM. This is the Holy One, since it is stated (in Jer. 50:34): THEIR REDEEMER IS MIGHTY, HIS NAME IS THE LORD OF HOSTS . (Lev. 25:25): THE ONE MOST CLOSELY RELATED (*qarov*) TO HIM. This is the Holy One, since it is stated (in Ps. 148:14): HE HAS RAISED UP A HORN FOR HIS PEOPLE, PRAISE FOR ALL HIS SAINTS, EVEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, A PEOPLE NEAR (*qarov*) TO HIM. HALLELUJAH.


###### Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Behar 9:3
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חסלת פרשה בהר

**Midrash Tanhuma, S. Buber Recension; trans. by John T. Townsend, 1989.:**
The End of Parashah ***Behar***