• Aggadah

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /əˈɡɑːdÉ™/

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    Origin

    From Aramaic אגדה ("tale, lore"), from Hebrew (haggāḍāh).

    Full definition of Aggadah

    Noun

    Aggadah

    (plural Aggadahs or Aggadah or Aggadot)
    1. A homiletic and non-legalistic exegetical texts in the classical rabbinic literature of Judaism, particularly as recorded in the Talmud and Midrash. A parable that demonstrates a point of the Law in the Talmud. from 17th c.
    2. (obsolete) Text which is recited at Seder during the first and second nights of Passover, focused on the freeing of Israel from Egyptian bondage as described in the Book of Exodus. (See also the more modern Haggadah)
      • 1881, Americus Featherman, Social history of the races of mankind Chapter Orthodox Jews of the East and Talmud Jews of Poland, The story of the delivery of Israel from Egyptian bondage is read in Hebrew by the chief of the house from a book called the agada, which is interwoven with hymns of praise and thanksgiving, and it also contains some legendary chapters entirely figurative in their sense and composition.

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