Midrash halakha (Hebrew: מִדְרָשׁ הֲלָכָה) was the ancient Judaic rabbinic method of Torah study that expounded upon the traditionally received 613 Mitzvot...
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religious laws (halakha), which usually form a running commentary on specific passages in the Hebrew Scripture (Tanakh). The word Midrash, especially if...
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as well as the development of halakha (the practical application of the Jewish Law). The origin of the beth midrash, or house of study, can be traced...
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Talmud (redirect from Talmud and Midrash)
quotations from the Tosefta (a tannaitic compendium of halakha parallel to the Mishnah) and the Midrash halakha (specifically Mekhilta, Sifra and Sifre). Some...
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Rabbi Akiva (section Akiva's Halakha)
second. Rabbi Akiva was a leading contributor to the Mishnah and to Midrash halakha. He is referred to in Tosafot as Rosh la-Hakhamim -"Chief of the Sages"...
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Babylonian Aramaic: סִפְרָא, romanized: sip̄rā, lit. 'document') is the Midrash halakha to the Book of Leviticus. It is frequently quoted in the Talmud and...
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Sifre debe Rab or Sifre Rabbah) refers to either of two works of Midrash halakha, or classical Jewish legal biblical exegesis, based on the biblical...
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יִשְׁמָעֵאל IPA /məˈχiltʰɑ/, "a collection of rules of interpretation") is midrash halakha to the Book of Exodus. The Aramaic title Mekhilta corresponds to the...
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Halakha (/hɑːˈlɔːxə/ hah-LAW-khə; Hebrew: הֲלָכָה, romanized: hălāḵā, Sephardic: [halaˈχa]), also transliterated as halacha, halakhah, and halocho (Ashkenazic:...
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Aggadah (redirect from Aggadic midrash)
of Words, Peninnah Schram and Cherie Karo Schwartz Discussion "Halakha/Aggadata/Midrash". jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Archived from the original on 2017-01-12...
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