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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...

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,...

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;...

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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...

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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...

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...

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

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...

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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

Lilith developed extensively during the Middle Ages, in the tradition of Aggadah, the Zohar, and Jewish mysticism. For example, in the 13th-century writings...

Simeon ben Zoma, also known as Simon ben Zoma, Shimon ben Zoma or simply Ben Zoma (Hebrew: בן זומא), was a tanna of the 1st and 2nd centuries CE. His name...

Rabbah, based on Jewish reckoning, he was born in 2130 BC AM. According to Aggadah, he had 2 sons and many wives. According to the Seder Olam Rabbah, he died...

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...

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