Statement

Halakhic and aggadic midrash are distinguished. Halakhah (from the root 'to walk') is the study of law and custom; Aggadah (from the root 'to tell') covers stories, wisdom and non-legal teachings. Both use the same creativity to find in the text legal guidance and moral and cosmological lessons it does not make explicit.

References

1. p. 148

   supports · main text · ch. 5

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

   Section: The Impact of the Rabbis on Jewish Culture

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