Associations to the word «Midrash»
Noun
- Passage
- Verse
- Va
- Calf
- God
- Adam
- Legal
- Dt
- Dinah
- Text
- Ruth
- Rom
- Treatise
- Saul
- Idol
- Chap
- Scribe
- Babylon
- Patriarch
- Narrative
- Authorship
- Literature
- Jews
- Myth
- Samuel
- Quotation
- Prophecy
- Chronicles
- Egypt
- Dormitory
- Quote
- Commentator
- Eli
- Covenant
- Introduction
- Plague
- Weiss
- Jew
- Say
- Blessing
- Explanation
- Divine
- Testament
- Cain
- Compiler
- Legend
- Sinner
- Manuscript
- Injunction
- Tradition
- Wilderness
- Prayer
- Minneapolis
- Numbers
- Sacrifice
- Tal
- Reading
- Joseph
- Comment
- Din
- Prophet
- Abel
- Scholar
- Sixth
- Alphabet
- Weep
- Excerpt
- Theology
- Palestinian
- Priesthood
- Romans
- Religious
Adjective
Wiktionary
MIDRASH, noun. A Rabbinic commentary on a text from the Hebrew Scripture.
MIDRASH, noun. The Rabbinic technique or tradition of such exegesis.
Dictionary definition
MIDRASH, noun. (Judaism) an ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew scriptures that is based on Jewish methods of interpretation and attached to the biblical text.
Wise words
The chief difference between words and deeds is that words
are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds
can be done only for God.