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What is an Aggadah?

What is an Aggadah? Here are some definitions.

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  1. A homiletic and non-legalistic exegetical text in the classical rabbinic literature of Judaism, particularly as recorded in the Talmud and Midrash. A parable that demonstrates a point of the Law in the Talmud. [from 17th c.]
  2. (obsolete) Text which is recited at Seder during the first and second nights of Passover, focused on the freeing of Israel from Egyptian bondage as described in the Book of Exodus. (See also the more modern Haggadah)
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Such actual contradictions are, he argues, to be found only in midrash or aggadah.
This method is similar to basing a decision on aggadah, which is commonly used when there are a lack of legal sources.

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