midrash

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The first students were recruited from the bet ha-midrash, and they frequently joined, as in former days, knowledge of the Law with the practice of their chosen profession.

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

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  1. (Judaism) an ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew scriptures that is based on Jewish methods of interpretation and attached to the biblical text

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  • In the Shevet Halevi community in Jerusalem, the avreichim had all the mispalelim sign -- including themselves -- that they would not talk during prayers whether in the beis midrash or any other place they davened. —  Vos Iz Neias - (Yiddish:What's News?)
  • Eytan graduated from Columbia University with a degree in American studies and cum laude with a degree in midrash from the Jewish Theological Seminary.
  • Now, if only we can gather all the many volumes of midrash and all the disjecta membra of inspired allusion that flow from the great —  Latest entries from endlesslyrocking.blog-city.com
  • The various commentators on the midrash offer a number of suggestions. —  Balashon - Hebrew Language Detective
  • While it is possible that more current research could identify the meaning of marmita in the midrash, it seems to me that we have a word that appears once and only once. —  Balashon - Hebrew Language Detective
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