Halakhic Midrashim

ancient Judaic rabbinic method of Torah study

Sifra () is the Midrash halakha to the Book of Leviticus. It is frequently quoted in the Talmud and the study of it followed that of the Mishnah. Like Leviticus itself, the midrash is occasionally called Torat Kohanim, and in two passages Sifra debbe Rav.

Sifre (; siphrēy, Sifre, Sifrei, also, Sifre debe Rab or Sifre Rabbah) refers to either of two works of Midrash halakha, or classical Jewish legal biblical exegesis, based on the biblical books of Numbers and Deuteronomy.

Mekhilta (; ), derived from the Mishnaic Hebrew term middah (), is used to denote a compilation of Jewish exegesis attributed to (or written by) a handful of members of Chazal ().

halakhic midrash to the Book of Exodus