Midrash (/ˈmɪdrɑːʃ/; Hebrew: מִדְרָשׁ; pl. מִדְרָשִׁים midrashim or מִדְרָשׁוֹת‎ midrashot) is expansive Jewish Biblical exegesis using a rabbinic mode...

A beth midrash (Hebrew: בית מדרש, "House of Learning"; pl.: batei midrash), also beis medrash or beit midrash, is a hall dedicated for Torah study, often...

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

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

classical rabbinic literature of Judaism, particularly the Talmud and Midrash. In general, Aggadah is a compendium of rabbinic texts that incorporates...

Midrash Proverbs (Hebrew: מדרש משלי, Midrash Mishlei) is the aggadic midrash to the Book of Proverbs. It is first mentioned under the title "Midrash Mishlei"...

Midrash Tanhuma (Hebrew: מִדְרָשׁ תַּנְחוּמָא, romanized: miḏraš tanḥumā), also known as Yelammedenu, is the name given to a homiletic midrash on the entire...

Midrash Tehillim (Hebrew: מדרש תהלים), also known as Midrash Shocher Tov or the Midrash to Psalms, is an aggadic midrash to the Psalms. It has been known...

Midrash Iyyob (Hebrew: מדרש איוב) or Midrash to Job is an aggadic midrash that is no longer extant. Explicit reference to the source Midrash Iyyob are...

Midrash Vayosha (Hebrew: מדרש ויושע) is an 11th-century CE midrash, one of the smaller midrashim. It is based on Exodus 14:30-15:18. It is an exposition...

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...

Midrash ha-Ḥefez (lit. "Midrash of desire"), or "Commentary of the Book of the Law", is a Hebrew midrash written by the physician and Rabbi, Yihye ibn...

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Midrash Jonah is the aggadic midrash to the Book of Jonah. In the editions the work consists of two parts. The second part, in which the story of Jonah...

The Beth ha-midrash synagogue (Hebrew: בית המדרש, Czech: synagoga Bet ha-midraš) is a former Jewish synagogue and bet midrash, located in Prostějov, in...

It is a midrash comprising a collection of ancient rabbinical homiletical interpretations of the Book of Genesis. It is an expository midrash to the first...

are: Midrash Abba Gorion, a late midrash to the Book of Esther Midrash Abkir, on the first two books of the Torah. Only fragments survive. Midrash Al Yithallel...

Midrash Rabba or Midrash Rabbah can refer to part of or the collective whole of specific aggadic midrashim on the books of the Torah and the Five Megillot...

the supplemental Oral Torah is represented by later texts, such as the Midrash and the Talmud. The Hebrew-language word torah can mean "teaching", "law"...

Midrash Veyechulu (Hebrew: מדרש ויכלו) is one of the smaller midrashim, named after Genesis 2:1 ("Veyechulu ha-Shamayim"). It contained both halakhic...

Midrash Eleh Ezkerah (Hebrew: אֵלֶּה אֶזְכְּרָה ʾĒlle ʾEzkərā) is an aggadic midrash, one of the smaller midrashim, which receives its name from the fact...

Midrash Shmuel may refer to: Midrash Shmuel (aggadah), an aggadic midrash on the Books of Samuel Midrash Shmuel Yeshiva, an English-speaking yeshiva in...

Midrash HaGadol or The Great Midrash (Hebrew: מדרש הגדול) is a work of aggaddic midrash, expanding on the narratives of the Torah, which was written by...

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

Midrash Abkir (Hebrew: מדרש אבכיר) is one of the smaller midrashim, the extant remains of which consist of more than 50 excerpts contained in the Yalkut...

Midrash Esfah (Hebrew: מדרש אספה) is one of the smaller midrashim, which as yet is known only from a few excerpts in Yalkut Shimoni and two citations...

Midrash Vayisau (Hebrew: מדרש ויסעו) is one of the smaller midrashim. This small midrash, "the heroic legend of the sons of Jacob", is based on Genesis...

Midrash Hashkem, also known as Midrash ve-Hizhir, is an aggadic and halachic midrash on the Pentateuch. It roughly follows the Torah from Exodus 8 to Numbers...

current yeshiva building was finished in 1977. In 1997 a women's beit midrash was established for Israeli and overseas students as a sister school in...

has remained unchanged ever since. The 24-book canon is mentioned in the Midrash Koheleth 12:12: Whoever brings together in his house more than twenty four...