aggadah

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Synonyms: haggadah, aggada

Antonyms: haggadah, aggada

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Noun

1. A [[homiletic]] and non-[[legalistic]] [[exegetical]] [[text]] 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. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
2. {{obsolete form of|en|Haggadah|t=the text recited at Seder}}.

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