Aggadic Midrashim

Aggadah (, or ; ; 'tales', 'legend', 'lore') is the non-legalistic exegesis which appears in the classical rabbinic literature of Judaism, particularly the Talmud and Midrash. In general, Aggadah is a compendium of rabbinic texts that incorporates folklore, historical anecdotes, moral exhortations, and practical advice in various spheres, from business to medicine. The predominant rabbinic holding is that Aggadah is meant to impart moral or theological truths through the form of allegory in order to be accessible, and it does not have to be taken literally.

Midrash written during the Geonim rabbinic period.

literary work

Minor tractate of the Talmud.

midrash, named after the Book of Jasher mentioned twice in the Bible; covers biblical history from the creation of Adam and Eve up to the conquest of Canaan

Book of Jacob ben Isaac Ashkenazi.

2nd-century AD chronology

haggadic midrash; the extant edition covers Psalms 1–118

14th century compilation of aggadic midrashim on the Torah taken from the two Talmuds and earlier Midrashim of Yemenite provenance.

book by Yaʿaḳov Ben-Shelomoh Ibn-Ḥaviv.

Compilation of Rabbinic legends corresponding to the Tanach, the Hebrew Bible.

name given to three different collections of Torah aggadot (2 extant, 1 known only through citations)

midrash on the names of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet

collection of Aggadic Midrash which exists in two editions

book