Aggadah
or Ag·ga·da, A·ga·da, Hag·ga·dah
[Sephardic Hebrew ah-gah-dah; Ashkenazic Hebrew uh-gah-duh]
noun
the 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.
Origin of Aggadah
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Aggadah
noun plural Aggadoth (-ˈdɔːt, -ˈdəʊt) Judaism
Also called: Aggadatah (əˈɡadəta), Haggadah
Word Origin for Aggadah
from Hebrew
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