aggadic
Adjective
Meaning
aggadic (comparative more aggadic, superlative most aggadic)
Of or pertaining to the Aggadah.
Aggadic (comparative more Aggadic, superlative most Aggadic)
Alternative form of aggadic
Examples
A collection of midrash on the entire Hebrew Scriptures ( Tanakh ) containing both halakhic and aggadic midrash.
Aggadah seeAlso Aggadic tales from the Persian tradition describe the shedim, the mazziḳim ("harmers"), and the ruḥin ("spirits").
Aggadic statements are not legally related, but rather are exegetical, homiletical, ethical, or historical in nature.
At the same time, since writers of halakha may draw upon the aggadic and even mystical literature, there is a dynamic interchange between the genres.
History and background "The Kaddish is in origin a closing doxology to an Aggadic discourse."
Ein Yaakov (or En Ya'aqob) extracts nearly all the Aggadic material from the Talmud.