Associations to the word «Midrash»

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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca