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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 Kent, Charles Foster

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 Raisin, Jacob S.

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 Raisin, Jacob S.