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.

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

In accordance with a passage in the Midrash, where the verse " Thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek " () is explained to mean " even from wood and stones.

Midrash Genesis Rabbah ( 1: 1 ) actually opens by declaring that the first word of the verse means " with the Torah " and it suggests that the Divine Architect used the Torah as a blueprint.

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

Midrash halakha are the works in which the sources in the Tanakh ( Hebrew Bible ) of the traditionally received laws are identified.

Midrash halakha ( Hebrew: ה ֲ ל ָ כ ָ ה ‎) was the ancient Judaic rabbinic method of Torah study that expounded upon the traditionally received 613 Mitzvot (" laws ") by identifying their sources in the Tanakh ( Hebrew Bible ), and by interpreting these passages as proofs of the laws ' authenticity.

The phrase " Midrash halakha " was employed by Nachman Krochmal ( in his " Moreh Nebuke ha-Zeman ," p. 163 ), the Talmudic expression being " Midrash Torah " = " investigation of the Torah ".

In the Midrash halakha three divisions may be distinguished:

A few examples will serve to illustrate the style of the older Midrash halakha.

In these collections the line between independent halakha and Midrash halakha is not sharply drawn.

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His scope was exceptionally wide, from halakha ( Birkei Yosef ) and Midrash to his main historical work Shem HaGedolim.

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Hoffman was the leading authority on traditional Jewish Law ( halacha ) in Germany in his lifetime, an expert specifically in the area of Midrash halakha ( legalistic Biblical exegesis ), and was also well known for his efforts to disprove the Documentary Hypothesis as expressed by the Graf-Wellhausen theory, his arguments being presented in a famous work entitled Die wichtigsten Instanzen gegen die Graf-Wellhausensche Hypothese ( 1903 / 1916 ).

Hamidrasha is establishing an inter-cultural Beit Midrash ( Hebrew, " House of study "), which will serve as a basis for mutual personal and communal encounters, and for the study of cultural narratives and modern texts of both peoples.

* That God will permit what is now forbidden ( Midrash Shochar Tov, Mizmor 146: 5 ).

* Midrash Shochar Tov ( Mizmor 146: 5 ) states that God will permit what is now forbidden.

Rabbi Bar Kappara was of the opinion ( recorded in the Midrash Rabbah ) that the third day was often the prime point for mourning in those days.

Hillel wrote a commentary to Midrash Sifra in which he often quotes Rashi and Isaac ben Melchizedek ; he also wrote a commentary to Midrash Sifre.

Jewish humour is the long tradition of humour in Judaism dating back to the Torah and the Midrash from the ancient mid-east, but generally refers to the more recent stream of verbal, self-deprecating, crude, and often anecdotal humour originating in Eastern Europe and which took root in the United States over the last hundred years.

Jewish humor is the long tradition of humor in Judaism dating back to the Torah and the Midrash, but generally refers to the more recent stream of verbal, frequently self-deprecating and often anecdotal humor originating in Eastern Europe.

The piyyutim, in particular those of Eleazar Kalir, were often in very cryptic and allusive language, with copious reference to Midrash.

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.

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 ).

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 ).

" ( Genesis 1: 31 )— Midrash: Rabbi Nahman said in Rabbi Samuel's name: " Behold, it was good " refers to the Good Desire ; " And behold, it was very good " refers to the Evil Desire.

According to Midrash Tehillim, the shamir was brought from paradise by Solomon's eagle ; but most of the rabbis state that Solomon was informed of the worm's haunts by Asmodeus.

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.

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.

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

Instances where rabbinic writings say that God made miracles a part of creation include Midrash Genesis Rabbah 5: 45 ; Midrash Exodus Rabbah 21: 6 ; and Ethics of the Fathers / Pirkei Avot 5: 6.

; Taanit 20a ; Midrash Numbers Rabbah 20: 14 ).

Rabbi Simon ben Pazzi ( 3rd century ) calls these readings " emendations of the Scribes " ( tikkune Soferim ; Midrash Genesis Rabbah xlix.

In the non-Orthodox Jewish community a kollel is an adult-education program or center that has courses available on Talmud, Midrash, learning Hebrew, Jewish ethics and related topics ; less emphasis is given to Talmud.

14c ; Midrash Ruth Rabbah to ii.

Many rabbinic sources state that repentance is of paramount importance to the existence of this world, so that it was one of the seven provisions which God made before the Creation ( Talmud Bavli, tractates Pesahim 54a ; Nedarim 39b ; Midrash Genesis Rabbah 1 ).

Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, derives its significance only from the fact that it is the culmination of the ten penitential days with which the Jewish religious year begins ; and therefore it is of no avail without repentance ; ( Midrash Sifra, Emor, 14 .).

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.

The earlier Midrash, therefore, aims at an exact definition of the laws contained in the Scriptures by an accurate interpretation of the text and a correct determination of the meaning of the various words.

Again, the Midrash is on the whole correct in saying that the sects found their followers chiefly among the wealthy ; but the origin of the sects is legendary.