One recognizes here the threefold division of the halakic material that emanated from Akiva: ( 1 ) The codified Halakah ( which is Mishnah ); ( 2 ) the Tosefta, which in its original form contains a concise logical argument for the Mishnah, somewhat like the Lebush of Mordecai Jafe on the Shulḥan ' Aruk ; ( 3 ) the halakic Midrash.

Today's Dor Daim usually take a somewhat more moderate stance, and allow that the Zohar may contain elements of authentic Midrash together with a great deal of later interpolation.

The first treatises on Hebrew grammar appear in the High Middle Ages, in the context of Midrash ( a method of interpreting and studying the Hebrew Bible ).

Even so, all Jewish religious movements are, to a greater or lesser extent, based on the principles of the Hebrew Bible and various commentaries such as the Talmud and Midrash.

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, the Talmud and its commentaries.

According to the Midrash, he came into the world on the same day that Rabbi Akiva died a martyr's death.

After collaborating with a Jewish convert to assist him with the Hebrew, Justin published an attack on Judaism based upon a no-longer-extant text of a Midrash.

In general the Midrash is focused on either halakha ( legal ) or Aggadic ( non-legal and chiefly homiletical ) subject matter.

* Midrash Qohelet, on Ecclesiastes ( probably before middle of ninth century ).

* Midrash Esther, on Esther ( A. D. 940 ).

The other is based on a manuscript published by Solomon Buber and is usually known as Midrash Tanhuma Buber, much to many students ' confusion, this too is sometimes referred to as Midrash Tanhuma Yelamdenu.

* Midrash Shmuel, on the first two Books of Kings ( I, II Samuel ).

* Midrash Tehillim, on the Psalms.

* Midrash Mishlé, a commentary on the book of Proverbs.

Its scriptural exegesis can be considered an esoteric form of the Rabbinic literature known as Midrash, which elaborates on the Torah.

His main sources were the Babylonian Talmud, the complete Midrash Rabbah, the Midrash Tanhuma, and the two Pesiktot ( Pesikta De-Rav Kahana or Pesikta Rabbati ), the Midrash on Psalms, the Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer, and the Targum Onkelos.

:... Less use is made of the halakhic Midrashim, the Jerusalem Talmud, and the other Targums, nor of the Midrashim like the Aggadat Shir ha-Shirim, the Midrash on Proverbs, and the Alfabet de-R. Akiva.

The earlier part of the Zohar, also known as Zohar ` Al haTorah ( Zohar on the Torah, זוהר על התורה ) or Midrash Rashbi, contains several smaller " books ," as described below.

In this assembly of Holy Friends, which took place in the Beit Midrash of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, secrets of and revelations on mitzvot of the Torah are explained and clarified — roots and deep meanings of mitzvot.

Midrash haNe ` elam is located within the body of the Zohar ( parashat Vayera, Chayei Sarah, Toldot ) and the Zohar Chadash ( pp. 2b-30b ; 46b-47b ( in the Zohar Chadash edition by Rav Reuven Margoliot ), and in parashat Balak, Ki Teitze, and the entire Zohar Chadash on Shir haShirim, Ruth, and Eikah.

And this derush is founded on the neshamah ; its name befits it -- Midrash haNe ' elam.

The manuscripts pertained also to all parts of the Zohar — some were similar to Zohar on the Torah, some were similar to the inner parts of the Zohar ( Midrash haNe ` elam, Sitrei Otiyot and more ), and some pertained to Tikunei haZohar.

According to Ramaz, it is fit to be called Midrash haNe ' elam because " its topic is mostly the neshamah ( an upper level of soul ), the source of which is in Beri ' ah, which is the place of the upper Gan Eden ; and it is written in the Pardes that drash is in Beri ' ah ... and the revealed midrash is the secret of externality, and Midrash haNe ' elam is the secret of internality, which is the neshamah.

Some Midrash discussions are highly metaphorical, and many Jewish authors stress that they are not intended to be taken literally.

Some traces of Brethren of Purity doctrines, as well as of their numerology, are found in two Yemenite philosophical midrashim written in 1420 – 1430: Midrash ha-hefez (" The Glad Learning ") by Zerahyah ha-Rofé ( a / k / a Yahya al-Tabib ) and the Siraj al -' uqul (" Lamp of Intellects ") by Hoter ben Solomon.

Some believe that he preferred rulings in certain Midrash collections to rulings in the Talmud, which would have been a rare opinion at the time.

When Laban planned to deceive Jacob into marrying Leah instead of Rachel, the Midrash recounts that both Jacob and Rachel suspected that Laban would pull such a trick ; Laban was known as the " Aramean " ( deceiver ), and changed Jacob's wages ten times during his employ ( Genesis 31: 7 ).

The Midrash literature enters into the details of Belshazzar's death.

According to a tradition which has historical confirmation, it was Akiva who systematized and brought into methodic arrangement the Mishnah, or Halakah codex ; the Midrash, or the exegesis of the Halakah ; and the Halakot, the logical amplification of the Halakah ( Yer.

It is possible that the view of them is echoed in the Midrash: " If thy sons accept My Godhead undergoing circumcision I shall be their God and bring them into the land ; but if they do not observe My covenant in regard either to circumcision or to the Sabbath, they shall not enter the land of promise " ( Midrash Genesis Rabbah xlvi .).

In discussions about the necessity of circumcision for those born of a Jewish mother, lending some support to the need for circumcision of converts, the Midrash states: " If thy sons accept My Godhead undergoing circumcision I shall be their God and bring them into the land ; but if they do not observe My covenant in regard either to circumcision or to the Sabbath, they shall not enter the land of promise " ( Midrash Genesis Rabbah xlvi ).

According to another Midrash, Doeg tried to preserve the life of Agag, the king of the Amalekites-Edomites, by interpreting into a prohibition against the destruction of both the old and the young in war.

Relatedly, the Mishnah does not generally cite a scriptural basis for its laws ; connecting the Mishnaic law with the Torah law is also undertaken by the later Midrash ( and Talmuds ).

There is a wealth of stories and additional information about Moses in the Jewish apocrypha and in the genre of rabbinical exegesis known as Midrash, as well as in the primary works of the Jewish oral law, the Mishnah and the Talmud.

The term " Torah " is therefore also used in the general sense to include both Judaism's written law and oral law, serving to encompass the entire spectrum of authoritative Jewish religious teachings throughout history, including the Mishnah, the Talmud, the Midrash and more, and the inaccurate rendering of " Torah " as " Law " may be an obstacle to " understanding the ideal that is summed up in the term talmud torah ( תלמוד תורה, " study of Torah ").

Traditionally, a man obtains one of three levels of Semicha ( rabbinic ordination ) after the completion of an arduous learning program in Torah, Tanakh ( Hebrew Bible ), Mishnah and Talmud, Midrash, Jewish ethics and lore, the codes of Jewish law and responsa, theology and philosophy.

Additional requirements include the study of: the Hebrew Bible, Mishna and Talmud, the Midrash literature, Jewish ethics and lore, the codes of Jewish law, the Conservative responsa literature, both traditional and modern Jewish works on theology and philosophy.

His knowledge of Jewish law and Midrash was extensive, but did not contribute significantly to later rabbinic tradition.

Traditional Jewish exegesis such as Midrash ( Genesis Rabbah 38 ) says that Adam spoke Hebrew because the names he gives Eve-" Isha " ( Book of Genesis 2: 23 ) and " Chava " ( Genesis 3: 20 )-only make sense in Hebrew.

) It explores the views of the rabbis in the Mishnah, Talmud and Midrash about the nature of Torah, the revelation of God to mankind, prophecy, and the ways that Jews have used scriptural exegesis to expand and understand these core Jewish texts.

Ezekiel, like Jeremiah, is said by Talmud and Midrash to have been a descendant of Joshua by his marriage with the proselyte Rahab.

Midrash Sifre, Numbers 2 Friedmann, p. 2a ).

* A Midrash included in Genesis Rabba attributes a major act of iconoclasm to Abraham.

According to the Midrash, the plural form of the word " weeping " indicates the double sorrow that Rebecca also died at this time.

There are two opinions in the Midrash as to how old Rebekah was at the time of her marriage and, consequently, at the twins ' birth.

The Midrash says that during Rebekah's pregnancy whenever she would pass a house of Torah study, Jacob would struggle to come out ; whenever she would pass a house of idolatry, Esau would agitate to come out.

18 ) is construed as a reference to Joshua ( Midrash Numbers Rabbah xii.

), as is also the first part of the same verse, " Whoso keepes the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof " ( Midrash Yalk., Josh.

According to the Talmud, the Midrash, and the Kabbalistic work, the Zohar, the ' deadline ' by which the Messiah must appear is 6000 years from creation.

The Midrash is one of the few ancient religious texts that makes reference to same-sex marriage.

This Midrash was reconstructed and published by Saul Lieberman.

Likewise it discusses individual subjects more thoroughly than the Midrash.

It includes a much broader selection of halakhic subjects than the Midrash.

This is in contrast with the Midrash halakha, works in which the sources of the traditionally received laws are identified in the Tanakh, often by linking a verse to a halakha.

The Hebrew term Midrash (; plural midrashim, " story " from " to investigate " or " study ") also " Interpretation " or " Exposition " is a homiletic method of biblical exegesis.

Midrash is a way of interpreting biblical stories that goes beyond simple distillation of religious, legal or moral teachings.

It is unclear whether the Midrash assumes these dialogues took place in reality or if this refers only to subtext or religious implication.