Aggadah (Hebrew: אַגָּדָה‎ ʾAggāḏā or הַגָּדָה‎ Haggāḏā; Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אַגָּדְתָא ʾAggāḏəṯāʾ; "tales, fairytale, lore") is the non-legalistic...

Sefer HaAggadah (The Book of Legends) is a compilation of Aggadot (singular Aggadah; Aramaic אַגָּדָה: "tales, lore") that was compiled and edited by...

Talmud together with commentary. Sefer Ha-Aggadah, "The Book of Legends" is a classic compilation of aggadah from the Mishnah, the two Talmuds and the...

no early systems of Jewish principles of faith made acceptance of this Aggadah (non-legal Talmudic statement) normative. A number of classical authorities...

of Jewish laws, and exegesis of the written Law; and the non-legalistic Aggadah, a compendium of Rabbinic homilies of the parts of the Pentateuch not connected...

of his behavior paradigmatic. Jewish legends about Elijah abound in the Aggadah, which is found throughout various collections of rabbinic literature,...

Judah bar Ilai (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: יהודה בר אלעאי), also known as Yehuda bar Ma'arava (יהודה בר מערבא, lit. 'Judah of the West') and Rabbi Judah...

Rabban Gamaliel II (also spelled Gamliel; Hebrew: רבן גמליאל דיבנה; before c. 80–c. 118) was a rabbi from the second generation of tannaim. He was the...

Jose ben Halafta or Yose ben Halafta (or Yose ben Halpetha) (Hebrew: רבי יוסי בן חלפתא; IPA: /ʁa'bi 'josi ben xa'lafta/) was a tanna of the fourth generation...

Ha-Aggadah VeHa-Midrash (The Ways of the Midrash and the Aggadah), a two volume set, is an encyclopedic guide to the study of Midrash and Aggadah in broader...

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was forced to deviate from them. He had a reputation for greatness in aggadah. Yishmael laid the foundation for the halakhic midrash on Exodus, the Mekhilta;...

"Legends of the Jews" (Vol. 4, Chapter 10) based on the Jewish Apocrypha and Aggadah mentions an alleged case of bodily incorruptibility of the Biblical Baruch...

stand in stark contrast to the Yerushalmi." Rava was as preeminent in aggadah as in halakhah. In addition to the lectures to his pupils, he used to hold...

is mentioned three times in the Talmud, in a few brief passages in the Aggadah, the Targum, and in mystical Kabbalistic texts within Rabbinic literature...

Samuel of Nehardea or Samuel bar Abba, often simply called Samuel (Hebrew: שמואל) and occasionally Mar Samuel, was a Jewish Amora of the first generation;...

serve as the basis for deducing new laws. Shimon is very prominent also in aggadah, and his utterances are numerous in both Talmuds. Many of his sayings bear...

calls it by several names: "Midrash Shmuel", "Aggadat Midrash Shmuel", "Aggadah deShmuel", and "Midrash 'Et la-'Asot la-Adonai" - the last name probably...

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Rabbi Tarfon or Tarphon (Hebrew: רבי טרפון, from the Greek Τρύφων Tryphon literally "one who lives in luxury" Trifon), a Kohen, was a member of the third...

of oil (Hebrew: נֵס פַּךְ הַשֶּׁמֶן), or the Miracle of Hanukkah, is an Aggadah depicted in the Babylonian Talmud as one of the reasons for Hanukkah. In...

esoteric are linked in a continuous chain. While rationalists read Rabbinic Aggadah legends metaphorically, kabbalists read them as allusions to Kabbalah....

Chana, "Rachel - Biblical Women" at chabad.org "Rachel in midrash and aggadah". www.jwa.org. Accessed 2023-11-22. "Tomb of Rahil (Rachel)". Islamic Landmarks...

magic, which grew out of an amalgamation of Greco-Roman magic, Jewish Aggadah, and Christian demonology, a demon is believed to be a spiritual entity...

David Kings of Israel and Judah Large Stone Structure Midrash Shmuel (aggadah) Sons of David Arabic: داود (traditional spelling), داوود, Dāwūd; Koinē...

that he composed his works. Sofer authored several works of halakha and aggadah. His books are known for discussing the original traditions of Iraqi Jews...

Happiness in Judaism and Jewish thought is considered an important value, especially in the context of the service of God. A number of Jewish teachings...

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decline of his spiritual state that caused him to lose God's favor. Late aggadah say that Samson and Delilah had sons together who were strong like their...