Ruth Rabbah (Hebrew: רות רבה) is an haggadic and homiletic interpretation of the Book of Ruth. Like the midrash on the four other "megillot", it is included...

Genesis Rabbah (Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה, romanized: Bərēšīṯ Rabbā) is a religious text from Judaism's classical period, probably written between 300...

sidra" indicates the end of sections in earlier editions of Ruth Rabbah and Esther Rabbah. The commentary to 3:12 having been lost, so is the phrase "first...

ix. 14c; Midrash Ruth Rabbah to ii. 4). The midrash Ruth Rabbah states that being a pious man, Boaz on his first meeting with Ruth perceived her conscientiousness...

"when you were in [a state of] extreme exhaustion." According to the Ruth Rabbah, Ruth was Orpah's sister and the two were daughters of Eglon, the king of...

Rabbah Deuteronomy Rabbah Song of Songs Midrash Ruth Rabbah Esther Rabbah Lamentations Rabbah Ecclesiastes Rabbah The designation "Rabbah" was first applied...

Jewish Messiah (but not Jesus): (Targum Jonathan, b. Sanhedrin 98a-b, Ruth Rabbah 5:6, Midrash Tanchuma Toldot 14, Yalkut Shimoni 476, Midrash Tehillim...

Rabbah (Song of Songs) (probably before the middle of ninth century) Ruth Rabbah, (probably before the middle of ninth century) Lamentations Rabbah,...

Leviticus Rabbah, Vayikrah Rabbah, or Wayiqra Rabbah is a homiletic midrash to the Biblical book of Leviticus (Vayikrah in Hebrew). It is referred to by...

Numbers Rabbah (or Bamidbar Rabbah in Hebrew) is a religious text holy to classical Judaism. It is a midrash comprising a collection of ancient rabbinical...

Shir ha-Shirim Rabbah (Hebrew: שיר השירים רבה) is an aggadic midrash on Song of Songs, quoted by Rashi under the title "Midrash Shir ha-Shirim". It is...

Exodus Rabbah (Hebrew: שמות רבה, Shemot Rabbah) is the midrash to Exodus. Exodus Rabbah is almost purely aggadic in character. It contains 52 sections...

Sirach Ecclesiastes Rabbah Shir HaShirim Rabbah Deuteronomy Rabbah Devarim Zutta Pesikta Rabbati Midrash Shmuel Midrash Proverbs Ruth Rabbah Baraita of Samuel...

sister-in-law of Ruth, David's own great-grandmother (Ruth → Obed → Jesse → David). Ruth Rabbah, a haggadic and homiletic interpretation of the Book of Ruth, makes...

Deuteronomy Rabbah (Hebrew: דברים רבה‎) is an aggadah or homiletic commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy. It does not contain running commentaries on the...

Sirach Ecclesiastes Rabbah Shir HaShirim Rabbah Deuteronomy Rabbah Devarim Zutta Pesikta Rabbati Midrash Shmuel Midrash Proverbs Ruth Rabbah Baraita of Samuel...

Seder Olam Rabbah (Hebrew: סדר עולם רבה, "The Great Order of the World") is a 2nd-century CE Hebrew language chronology detailing the dates of biblical...

Berakhot 2:4 (4d) Megillah 17b Megillah 2a Yerushalmi Megillah 1:5 70d; Ruth Rabbah 2:4 See Krochmal, "Moreh Nebuke ha-Zeman," p. 97 אנשי כנסת הגדולה הם...

Sirach Ecclesiastes Rabbah Shir HaShirim Rabbah Deuteronomy Rabbah Devarim Zutta Pesikta Rabbati Midrash Shmuel Midrash Proverbs Ruth Rabbah Baraita of Samuel...

Esther Rabbah (Hebrew: אסתר רבה) is a midrash to the Book of Esther. From its plan and scope, it is apparently an incomplete collection of the rich aggadic...

Sirach Ecclesiastes Rabbah Shir HaShirim Rabbah Deuteronomy Rabbah Devarim Zutta Pesikta Rabbati Midrash Shmuel Midrash Proverbs Ruth Rabbah Baraita of Samuel...

Maimonides' Introduction to Mishneh Torah, the barayata were compiled by Hoshaiah Rabbah and Bar Kappara, although no other compilation was passed down that was...

(2006), p. 31. Dan & Kiener (1986). Megillah 14a, Shir HaShirim Rabbah 4:22, Ruth Rabbah 1:2. Kaplan (2011), pp. 44–48. Yehuda Ashlag; Preface to the Wisdom...

Sifre, Yerushalmi, Bereshit Rabbah, Leviticus Rabbah, Shir ha-Shirim Rabbah, Kohelet Rabbah, Eichah Rabbah, Ruth Rabbah, Midrash Esther, Midrash Tehillim...

Genesis Rabbah l.c. Bava Batra 15b Genesis Rabbah 58:3, 61:4; compare Yalkut Shimoni Sotah 35a Job 1:6, 2:1 Leviticus Rabbah 17:4 Genesis Rabbah 24:4 Exodus...

running haggadic commentaries to single books of the Bible, as Bereshit Rabbah, Eikah Rabbati, the midrashim to the other Megillot, etc. See Midrash for...

Latest Midrash-Compilations: Song of Songs Rabbah, Ruth Rabbah, Esther Rabbah I, and Lamentations Rabbah. Atlanta, 1994: Scholars Press for South Florida...

aggadic material collected from various sources as late as the Midrash Rabbah as well as earlier material from the Talmud. So it is a combination of a...

Pesikta de-Rav Kahana Pesikta Rabbati Pirke De-Rabbi Eliezer Seder Olam Rabbah Seder Olam Zutta Sefer HaAggadah Sefer haYashar (midrash) Smaller midrashim...

Midrash Tehillim to Psalms 1:1 Genesis Rabbah 26, end Sifre Numbers 64 Midrash Tehillim to Psalms 4:8 Ruth Rabbah 2, beginning Pesikta Rabbati 46 (ed. Friedmann...