Adapted for Junior Readers and to read aloud.

Dear Children!

By reading "The little Midrash Says" you find out how wonderful it is to learn Torah.

"The Little Midrash Says" is far less interesting and much less beautiful than the Hebrew pesukim (sentences) of the Torah.  Just wait till you are able to understand the Torah all by yourself.  How enjoyable that will be!

And, naturally, you will want to learn Rashi's explanation on the Chumash, because without Rashi, no one understands properly what is going on.

Do you think "The little Midrash Says" contains all the midrashim (the explanations of our Sages)  that exist on the Torah?  I hope you don't think so.

Do you think there are double as many midrashim than are in this book?
Do you think there are ten times more midrashim than are in this book?
Do you think there one hundred times more midrashim than are in this book?

You are coming closer.  There are more than one hundred times as many midrashim than those in this book.

One days, dear reader, you will explore the Torah with its many explanations by yourself.  Just keep on learning.

I wish you every success with Hashem's help!   - The Author

Beraishis / Genesis

When our forefather, Yaakov reached Har Hamoriya, the hold Mount Moriah, he lay down to sleep, after surrounding himself with twelve stones.  Hashem sent him a prophetic dream in which he envisioned angles climbing up and down a tall ladder.

There holy Torah - received by our nation at Har Sinai with fear and trepidation - tell us about the world's creation.  Hashem made me and He made you, the monkey, the donkey, kangaroo, the gnat, the bat and the cuckoo.

He made berries and cherries and grapes to treat us, gardens of roses and posies to greet us, the moon to shine and sun to heat us. 

And for whom did G-d make all these wonderful things?  Who is the lucky one, who?  If you don't know, I'll give you a clue.  He made the whole world - just for you!

Our Sages teach that the world was created for you and me - for each person the mitzvos.  In fact, each person should think, "Hashem made the world just for me."  This way we realize how important we are, and how significant our deeds are, too.