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

religious laws (halakha), which usually form a running commentary on specific passages in the Hebrew Scripture (Tanakh). The word Midrash, especially if...

as well as the development of halakha (the practical application of the Jewish Law). The origin of the beth midrash, or house of study, can be traced...

second. Rabbi Akiva was a leading contributor to the Mishnah and to Midrash halakha. He is referred to in Tosafot as Rosh la-Hakhamim -"Chief of the Sages"...

Babylonian Aramaic: סִפְרָא, romanized: sip̄rā, lit. 'document') is the Midrash halakha to the Book of Leviticus. It is frequently quoted in the Talmud and...

quotations from the Tosefta (a tannaitic compendium of halakha parallel to the Mishnah) and the Midrash halakha (specifically Mekhilta, Sifra and Sifre). Some...

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...

- Radatz Hoffmann - in later Rabbinic writing. He was an expert in Midrash halakha and the foremost halakhic authority in Germany in his generation. He...

יִשְׁמָעֵאל IPA /məˈχiltʰɑ/, "a collection of rules of interpretation") is midrash halakha to the Book of Exodus. The Aramaic title Mekhilta corresponds to the...

Halakha (/hɑːˈlɔːxə/ hah-LAW-khə; Hebrew: הֲלָכָה, romanized: hălāḵā, Sephardic: [halaˈχa]), also transliterated as halacha, halakhah, and halocho (Ashkenazic:...

source at all and the law is described as Halakha leMoshe miSinai, "law to Moses from Sinai".) The Midrash halakha, by contrast, while presenting similar...

of Words, Peninnah Schram and Cherie Karo Schwartz Discussion "Halakha/Aggadata/Midrash". jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Archived from the original on 2017-01-12...

as opposed to halakha (Jewish law) in revealing the Divinity of Torah study. It explores the views of the Rabbis in the Talmud, Midrash and among the...

supports his specification of each mitzvah through quotations from the midrash halakha and the Gemara. Nachmanides makes a number of critical points and replaces...

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

Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash, H. L. Strack and G. Stemberger, (Fortress Press) The Literature of the Sages: Oral Torah, Halakha, Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud...

or c. 250 BCE – c. 625 CE. Their authority was mostly in the field of Halakha (Jewish law) and less regarding Jewish theology. Chazal are generally divided...

of Exodus The Mekhilta le-Sefer Devarim, on the Book of Deuteronomy Midrash halakha, a mekhilta that is seen as binding This article includes a list of...

religious laws (halakha), which usually form a running commentary on specific passages in the Hebrew Scripture (Tanakh).[2] Midrash halakha Mussar Geonim...

Orthodox Judaism, therefore, advocates a strict observance of Jewish law, or halakha, which is supposed to be exclusively interpreted and determined according...

read all the Jewish sources: the bible, the Mishna, the Tosafta, the Midrash halakha, the Babylonian Talmud, the Jerusalem Talmud and the Aggadah. When...

the two Talmuds, and the midrash literature. Jewish exegetes have the title mefarshim (מפרשים, "commentators"). The Midrash is a compilation of homiletic...

vehaMitzva", analytical and innovative commentary on the Pentateuch and the midrash halakha (Warsaw, 1874–80), including the linguistic guide Ayelet ha-Shachar...

Halakhic Text, the Kitab al-Kafi (Book of Halakha, written by Yosef Al Ascar 14th century CE) Haggadic Midrash texts Al-Asatir—legendary Aramaic texts from...

extensive knowledge of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), Midrash (Jewish hermeneutic tradition) and halakha (Jewish religious law). For kabbalists, ten utterances...

commandment from God to be performed as a religious duty. Jewish law (halakha) in large part consists of discussion of these commandments. According...

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 the...

curriculum focuses on classical Jewish subjects, including Talmud, Tanakh, Midrash, halakha, and philosophy. Learning is conducted in the traditional yeshiva method...

Halakha, the rabbinic Jewish way of life, then, is based on a combined reading of the Torah, and the oral tradition—the Mishnah, the halakhic Midrash...

Conservative Judaism views halakha (Jewish law) as normative and binding. The Conservative movement applies Jewish law to the full range of Jewish beliefs...