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His aggadah is particularly rich in thoughts concerning the moral life and the relations of human beings to one another.
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This " Rabbinical Kaddish " ( Kaddish d ' Rabbanan ) is still said after studying midrash or aggadah or after reading them as part of the service.
Legends of the Jews is an original synthesis of a vast amount of aggadah from all of classical rabbinic literature, as well as apocryphal, pseudopigraphical and even early Christian literature, with legends ranging from the creation of the world and the fall of Adam, through a huge collection of legends on Moses, and ending with the story of Esther and the Jews in Persia.
It is not clear whether the author used the Yalkut Shimoni, or whether he knew the sources of its aggadah separately.
Generally, ethics is a key aspect of non-legal rabbinic literature, known as aggadah, and ethical teachings are found throughout the more legal ( halakahic ) portions of the Mishnah, Talmud and other rabbinic literature.
In this context, the widely held view in Rabbinic literature is that the aggadah is in fact a medium for the transmission of fundamental teachings ( Homiletic Sayings-מאמרים לימודיים ) or for explanations of verses in the Tanakh ( Exegetic Sayings-מאמרים ביאוריים ).
* Sefer Ha-Aggadah ( The Book of Legends ) is a classic compilation of aggadah from the Mishnah, the two Talmuds and the Midrash literature.
* Legends of the Jews, by Rabbi Louis Ginzberg, is an original synthesis of a vast amount of aggadah from the Mishnah, the two Talmuds and Midrash.
" She is greatly admired for her breadth of knowledge in matters pertaining to both halachah and aggadah, and is said to have learned from the rabbis 300 halachot on a single cloudy day ( Tractate Pesachim 62b ).
Simeon ben Lakish's aggadah is especially rich in maxims and proverbs: " No man commits a sin ," says Simeon, " unless struck by momentary insanity " ( Sotah 3a ).
aggadah and moral
The Talmud, which often uses stories to make a moral point ( aggadah ), tells of a highly respected rabbi who found the Messiah at the gates of Rome and asked him, " When will you finally come?
aggadah and life
In Jewish rabbinic literature, especially the aggadah, Jeremiah and Moses are often mentioned together ; their life and works being presented in parallel lines.
aggadah and one
When they found the same aggadah in multiple versions, from multiple sources, they usually selected the later form, the one found in the Babylonian Talmud.
aggadah and .
He especially loved to treat in his homilies of the events and personages of Biblical history ; and many beautiful and genuinely poetic embellishments of the Biblical record, which have become common possession of the aggadah, are his creations.
The three volumes of this work are a study of classical rabbinic theology and aggadah, as opposed to halakha ( Jewish law.
Siegel believed such change could occur when halakhah and aggadah, the wealth of non-legalistic rabbinic literature that included lessons on Jewish morals, values, and ethics, came into conflict.
The Oral Law elaborations of narratives in the Bible and stories about the rabbis are referred to as aggadah.
Kaddish was not originally said by mourners, but rather by the rabbis when they finished giving sermons on Sabbath afternoons and later, when they finished studying a section of midrash or aggadah.
These midrashim are sometimes referred to as aggadah or haggadah, a loosely defined term that may refer to all non-legal discourse in classical rabbinic literature.
Origen, who had a lasting influence on Eastern Christian thought, further develops the idea that the spiritual realities can be found through allegorical readings of the scriptures ( along the lines of Jewish aggadah tradition ), but he focuses his attention on the Cross and on the importance of imitating Christ through the Cross, especially through spiritual combat and asceticism.
Girls in Bais Yaakov schools do not learn law from the text of the Talmud itself, but may study its non-legal portions of aggadah.
Bialik and Ravnitky worked for three years to compile a comprehensive and representative overview of aggadah.
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That is particularly true of sovereignty when it is applied to democratic societies, in which `` popular '' sovereignty is said to exist, and in federal nations, in which the jobs of government are split.
It is different with his volume The Swedes And Their Chieftains ( Svenskarna och deras Hovdingar ), a history intended for the general reader and particularly suited for high school students.
But what a super-Herculean task it is to winnow anything of value from the mud-beplastered arguments used so freely, particularly since such common use is made of cliches and stereotypes, in themselves declarations of intellectual bankruptcy.
And it is this, particularly the establishment of archaeology and place-name studies on a scientific basis, which are immediately pertinent to the Saxon Shore.
In light of the scholarly reappraisals engendered by the higher criticism this is a most remarkable statement, particularly coming from one who was well known for his antifundamentalist views.
The country about Cambridge is flat and not particularly spectacular in its scenery, though it offers easy going to the foot traveler.
While it is hazardous to project the trend of history, it seems clear that a genuine community is painfully emerging in the Western world, particularly among the countries of Western Europe.
But competent observers believe he is making progress, particularly toward what Sen. Jackson lists as the primary need -- `` a clearer understanding of where our vital national interests lie and what we must do to promote them ''.
`` Argiento, this is senseless '', he complained, not liking to work on the wet floors, particularly in cold weather.
A second fundamental principle is that involved particularly in the present proceeding -- the difference between nighttime and daytime propagation conditions with respect to the standard broadcast frequencies.
But it is the wooden sculpture from Bali, the one representing two men with their heads bent backward and their bodies interlaced by a fish, that I particularly call to your attention.
This is particularly true of highly charged ions, especially those ions which fall into the class of polyelectrolytes.
There is some evidence that naturally occurring goitrogens may play a role in the development of goitre, particularly in Tasmania and Australia ( Clements and Wishart, 1956 ).
We pointed out that emotional excitement may lead to psychosomatic disorders and neurotic symptoms, particularly in certain types of personality, but it is also known that the reliving of a strong emotion ( `` abreaction '' ) may cure a battle neurosis.
There is some indication from a limited number of interviews with members of the population that the element of power, primarily the voluntary influence of non-authoritative power, has been exerted on actors in the system, particularly in regard to mate selection.
Confused and divided though this tradition may be, it is an important part of the social and cultural heritage of the group, and acts as a means of socialization, particularly for members of the rural community.
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