Midrash - What does it mean?
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A Rabbinic commentary on a text from the Hebrew Scripture.
The Rabbinic technique or tradition of such exegesis.
* 2007 , Karen Armstrong, The Bible: The Biography , Atlantic 2008, p. 82:
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(wikipedia Midrash)Noun
(Midrashim)- Midrash was not a purely intellectual pursuit and study was never an end in itself: it had to inspire practical action in the world.