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    Rabbinic literature, in its broadest sense, is the entire spectrum of works authored by rabbis throughout Jewish history. The term typically refers to...
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    Dudael is reminiscent of the rabbinic terminology used for the designation of the ravine of the scapegoat in later rabbinic interpretations of the Yom Kippur...
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    "Index to Brown, Driver and Briggs Hebrew Lexicon". Journal of Biblical Literature. 97 (1): 108. doi:10.2307/3265844. ISSNĀ 0021-9231. JSTORĀ 3265844. Suchard...
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    " The Rabbi responds "No, I do not deny it." Allusions in Jewish rabbinic literature to Isaiah contain various expansions, elaborations and inferences...
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    Discussions in rabbinic literature of the biblical character Moses, who led the Israelites out of Egypt and through their wanderings in the wilderness...
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    priestly gifts that the Children of Israel gave them. In medieval rabbinic literature, there were efforts to justify the killing, not merely of Shechem...
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    granddaughter, and thus "sister" can be used regarding a niece. The fifth-century rabbinic midrash Genesis Rabbah dedicates a large amount of attention to Sarah in...
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    Allusions in rabbinic literature to the Biblical character Job, the object of sufferings and tribulations in the Book of Job, contain various expansions...
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    Jeremiah 20:1. He was first added to Bede's Martyrology. In Jewish rabbinic literature, especially the aggadah, Jeremiah and Moses are always mentioned...
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  • Mitzvah (redirect from Rabbinic law)
    dispute and uncertain. The number 613 is a rabbinical tradition rather than an exact count. In rabbinic literature there are a number of works, mainly by...
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