Aggadah

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(Seph. Heb. ä gä dä′; Ashk. Heb. ə gä′də)


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Ag•ga•dah  (Seph. Heb. ä gä dä′; Ashk. Heb. ə gä′də),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Judaismthe nonlegal or narrative material, as parables, maxims, or anecdotes, in the Talmud and other rabbinical literature, serving either to illustrate the meaning or purpose of the law, custom, or Biblical passage being discussed or to introduce a different, unrelated topic.
Also, Ag•ga•da′, Agada, Haggadah. 
  • Hebrew haggādhāh, derivative of higgīdh to narrate; see haggadah
Ag•gad•ic, ag•gad•ic  (ə gad′ik, ə gä′dik),USA pronunciation adj. 
'Aggadah' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Agada - Haggadah - darshan - haggadist

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