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midrash

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A talmudic exposition of the Hebrew law, or of some part of it.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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A collection of midrash on the entire Hebrew Scriptures ( Tanakh ) containing both halakhic and aggadic midrash. Source: Internet

A midrash on Genesis, it offers explanations of words and sentences and haggadic interpretations and expositions, many of which are only loosely tied to the text. Source: Internet

A Midrash ( Genesis Rabbah Sect. 94) relates about an encounter between Rabbi Meir and a Samaritan. Source: Internet

As for the wife, the greatest praise the Talmudic rabbis offered to any woman was that given to a wife who fulfils the wishes of her husband; Nedarim 66b to this end, an early midrash states that a wife should not leave the home too frequently. Source: Internet

According to Josephus and Midrash Pirke R. El. Source: Internet

According to the Midrash, Bereshit Rabbah 81:5. Source: Internet

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