midrash
noun
an early Jewish interpretation of or commentary on a Biblical text, clarifying or expounding a point of law or developing or illustrating a moral principle.
midrashim
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pluralof midrash.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The waves of the Renaissance and the Reformation sweeping over Russian Jewry reached even the sacred precincts of the synagogues, the batte midrashim, and the yeshibot.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin
As time passed, Posner opened coeducational technical schools for the children and batte midrashim for adults, and soon the homesteads presented the appearance of progressive and flourishing farms.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin
It is closely allied to the midrashim or didactic stories that were a characteristic literary product of later Judaism.
From The Makers and Teachers of Judaism by Charles Foster Kent
