Sefer haYashar (ספר הישר) is a medieval Hebrew midrash, also known as the Toledot Adam and Divrei haYamim heArukh. The Hebrew title "Sefer haYashar" might...

Midrash halakha (Hebrew: מִדְרָשׁ הֲלָכָה) was the ancient Judaic rabbinic method of Torah study that expounded upon the traditionally received 613 Mitzvot...

(אִיּוֹב) – Job The five relatively short books of the Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther are collectively known as the Ḥamesh Megillot...

subjects more thoroughly than the Midrash, and it includes a much broader selection of halakhic subjects than the Midrash. The Mishnah's topical organization...

aggadic commentary on Ecclesiastes, included in the collection of the Midrash Rabbot. It follows the biblical book verse by verse, only a few verses...

Rabbi Akiva Ein Yaakov Legends of the Jews Midrash HaGadol Midrash Hashkem Midrash Rabba Midrash Shmuel Midrash Tehillim Pesikta de-Rav Kahana Pesikta Rabbati...

Midrash Tadshe (Hebrew: מדרש תדשא) is a small midrash which begins with an interpretation of Gen. 1:11: "And God said, Let the earth bring forth" ("Tadshe...

wall of the Temple Mount and the Midrash refers to the Temple in its broader sense, that is, the Temple Mount. Lamentations Rabbah 1:32 Exodus Rabbah 2:2...

also, 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...

Joseph will be found in Upper Galilee. Midrash Tehillim also refers to the Messiah ben Ephraim.: 89  The Midrash Aggadat ha-Mašiah is part of the larger...

Monatsschrift für Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judentums, 69, pages 47-54 Steven Daniel Sacks (2009): "Midrash and Multiplicity: Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer...

down from generation to generation and are now embodied in the Talmud and Midrash. Rabbinic tradition's understanding is that all of the teachings found...

Shimʿon ben Yoḥai) is midrash halakha on the Book of Exodus from the school of Rabbi Akiva attributed to Shimon bar Yochai. No midrash of this name is mentioned...

1859–78. Ecclesiastes Rabbah 1:31. Exodus Rabbah 15:6. Lamentations Rabbah 3:1. Lamentations Rabbah 3:4. Babylonian Talmud Yevamot 79a. Babylonian Talmud...

Perhaps he meant that in Joshua the three branches of traditional learning, Midrash, Halakha, and Aggadah, were united in a firm whole; or possibly he used...

Tobiah ben Eliezer, author of Lekach Tov, and Zechariah ha-Rofé, author of Midrash ha-Hefez. The French rabbi Rashi did not believe the Song of Songs to be...

moment Joseph reveals his identity to his brothers (Gen 45:3). In the midrash, the selling of Joseph was part of God's divine plan for him to save his...

11). OCLC 224145372. Jerusalem Talmud, Taanit 4:5 (24a) and Midrash Rabba (Lamentations Rabba 2:5). Jerusalem Talmud, Taanit 4:5 (24a–b) Dio's Roman...

of a child who some day will destroy the power of the Egyptians (in the midrash the interpretation of a dream replaces the prophecy; compare also Targ...

assembly'; hence 'Teacher' or 'Preacher'. This was the position of the Midrash and of Jerome. Commentators struggle to explain why a man was given an...

Midrash Rabbah: Exodus. Translated by S. M. Lehrman. London: Soncino Press, 1939. Lamentations Rabbah 2:6; 3:1, 22. 10th century. In, e.g., Midrash Rabbah:...

divergent from the traditional usage of the term "midrash", Spong writes: I have used the word midrash only as the modifying adjective, midrashic, both...

Pesikta Rabbati, Midrash Rabbah on the Pentateuch, Midrash Ḳohelet, Midrash Tehillim, Midrash Mishle, Midrash Iyyob, Midrash Tanhuma, a Midrash quoted as דשחנו"ע...

571. London: Soncino Press, 1939. Lamentations Rabbah. 10th century. In, e.g., Midrash Rabbah: Deuteronomy/Lamentations. Translated by A. Cohen, volume...

tradition, Baruch, Lamentations and the Letter of Jeremiah are generally distinguished as separate books; in the Syriac tradition, Lamentations is included within...

Sifre Zutta (Hebrew: ספרי זוטא) was a midrash on the Book of Numbers. Medieval authors mention it under the titles "Sifre shel Panim Acherim" and "Vi-Yeshallehu...

Rabbinical sources. Some Jubilees traditions are echoed in the 12th-century Midrash Tadshe, the sole exception within Judaism. The earliest clear evidence...

Brepols, ISBN 978-2-503-53232-5. von Rad, Gerhard (1982–1984), Theologie des Alten Testaments [Theology of the Old Testament] (in German), vol. Band 1–2...

self-identification is as "shepherd", a title usually implying royalty. Lamentations is assigned by tradition to the Prophet Jeremiah; linguistic and theological...

mentioned by this name in Midrash Zutta for Song of Songs 6,8 and Midrash Rabba for Lamentations 1,45, and in the Midrash Rabba on Ecclesiastes (7:15)...