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'''Midrash''' Aggada ("telling") is all the midrashim ("im" plural) that are not of legal, or statutory nature.  

'''Midrash''' Aggada ("telling") is all the midrashim ("im" plural) that are not of legal, or statutory nature.  

The traditional Midrash is a type of [[Jewish]] interpretive [[literature]] (exegetical) based upon the [[Hebrew]] Bible (Tenakh) emanating from the  period of the development of the Mishnah (the first part of the [[Talmud]]) roughly about the first two centuries A.D. and continuing on for centuries.  Midrash come from the word Darash - "to study", or "to search out" and is one of the four methods used in exegesis of the Bible. These four are: # Peshat = the meaning simply on the surface of the text

The traditional Midrash is a type of [[Jewish]] interpretive [[literature]] (exegetical) based upon the [[Hebrew]] Bible (Tenakh) emanating from the  period of the development of the Mishnah (the first part of the [[Talmud]]) roughly about the first two centuries A.D. and continuing on for centuries.  Midrash come from the word Darash - "to study", or "to search out" and is one of the four methods used in exegesis of the Bible. These four are,

# Peshat = the meaning simply on the surface of the text

# Remez  = the hint or clue to the deeper meaning than the surface

# Remez  = the hint or clue to the deeper meaning than the surface

# Darash =  a more searching of the all facets relevant to the text and involving stories, customs, sayings, even analysis of the  Hebrew letters, and relating to all facets of life

# Darash =  a more searching of the all facets relevant to the text and involving stories, customs, sayings, even analysis of the  Hebrew letters, and relating to all facets of life