(ahg-ga-DAH) Aramaic. n. (pl. Aggadot). Stories, Parables. Non-legal material found in the Talmud. Aramaic word meaning “story.” Rabbinic law dealing with ethics, theology, history, folklore, and legends. Aggadah does not concern itself with legal and ritual matters and thus can be distinguished from Halakhah.
(also haggadah) - the ethical sayings and scriptural exposition of the sages, in contrast to their halachic statements; the non-legal part of rabbinic literature in contrast to halachah. aggadic - pertaining to aggadah. amoraic - pertaining to the amoraim (singular: amora), the sages of the talmudic period, as distinguished from the earlier tannaim, the sages of the mishnaic period. Roughly speaking, the tannaim are the sages quoted in the Mishnah and contemporary rabbinic works, while the amoraim are the sages mentioned in the Germara.
the portions of the * Talmud and * Midrash which deal with ethics, the stories of our Sages, and stories of Biblical figures not included in the Bible
Nonlegal interpretive material; includes stories, parables, and legends to illustrate some underlying concept or principle.
the narrative material in the Talmud.
the teachings of the *Midrash and those portions of the *Talmud which deal with ethics, stories of our Sages, and narratives concerning Biblical figures not included in the Bible
(Hebrew, "discourse" or "telling"). Non-legal material in the Talmud and Midrash, including stories, legends, theology, and sermons.
Everything in the Talmudic literature that is not of a legal nature.
(ah-gah-DAH) Jewish stories and folktales presented in the Talmud and other rabbinic literature.
(al. Agada, Agadah) pl. Agadot Stories Parables
the non-halachic portions of the * Talmud, composed mainly of ethical teachings based on the non-literal interpretation of Biblical texts
(alt. agada, agadah) stories, parables, philosophical material (pl. agadot, aggadot)
Aggadah (Aramaic ×גדה: tales, lore; pl. Aggadot ) refers to the homiletic and non-legalistic exegetical texts in classical rabbinic literature - particularly as recorded in the Talmud and Midrash. Other terms for this body of teachings are Aggadata (×גדת×) lit.“the†aggada, and the Hebrew Haggadah (הגדה; pl.
