Mekhilta (Imperial Aramaic: מְכִילְתָּא, IPA /məˈχiltɑ/, "a collection of rules of interpretation"; corresponding to the Mishnaic Hebrew מדהmiddah 'measure', 'rule'), is used to denote a compilation of exegesis in Judaism, attributed to or written by any of several authors.
The Mekhilta include:
The Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael, on the Book of Exodus
The Mekhilta of Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai, on the Book of Exodus
The Mekhilta le-Sefer Devarim, on the Book of Deuteronomy
The Mekhilta include: The Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael, on the Book of Exodus The Mekhilta of Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai, on the Book of Exodus The Mekhilta le-Sefer...
The Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מְכִילְתָּא דְּרַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל IPA /məˈχiltʰɑ/, "a collection of rules of interpretation")...
is a midrash on the names of the letters of the hebrew alphabet. Mekhilta. The Mekhilta essentially functions as a commentary on the Book of Exodus. There...
The Mekhilta of Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מכילתא דרבי שמעון בן יוחאי, romanized: Mǝkhilta dǝ-Rabbi Shimʿon ben Yoḥai) is midrash...
the important legal works called Sifre and Mekhilta are attributed to him (not to be confused with the Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael, of which much of the text...
and cases in the Tosefta (תוספתא); references to the Halakhic Midrash (Mekhilta, Sifra and Sifre); cross-references to other sugyot: again to analogous...
main collections of barayata are the Tosefta and the Halakhic Midrashim (Mekhilta, Sifra and Sifre). The authority of the barayata is somewhat less than...
Department of Philosophy, Bar Ilan University Pesachim 70b — meaning "preacher" Mekhilta Beshallaḥ 3:36, ed. Weiss. Pesachim 70b. Compare also Josephus, l.c., Παλλίων...
halakha parallel to the Mishnah) and the Midrash halakha (specifically Mekhilta, Sifra and Sifre). Some baraitot, however, are known only through traditions...
that there will always be a descendant of Jonadab in his service. The Mekhilta tells a story—presumably dating to the late Second Temple period—of Rechabites...
Rav" and which comprised the following compositions: 1) Genesis Rabbah 2) Mekhilta of Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai (on Exodus), 3) Sifrei (on Numbers) and 4) Sifrei...
midrash halakha. It translates the word ra'ah (Exodus 21:8) "displease" (Mekhilta, Mishpatim), which is contrary to the interpretation of Rabbi Eliezer....
important to advocates of Open Source Judaism. Here is the text from the Mekhilta where the term dimus parrhesia appears (see bolded text). "ויחנו במדבר"...
Berachot 11b, 18b Friedmann, in the introduction to his edition of the Mekhilta (p. 26, Vienna, 1870) In the introduction to his Sifra edition (p. 4) l...
the 10th century. The term first appears in the Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael, and also in the Mekhilta of Rabbi Shimon, Sifre on Numbers, and the Jerusalem...
that is not found elsewhere, such as part of the Mekhilta of Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai. Most of the Mekhilta of Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai is found in the Midrash...
completion of the Mishnah. These include the halakhic midrashim (Sifra, Sifre, Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael etc.) and the expanded collection of Mishnah-related material...
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