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HAGGADA

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 814 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HAGGADA , or 'AGADA (literally " narrative "), includes the more homiletic elements of rabbinic teaching. It is not logically distinguishable from the See also:

halakha (q.v.), for the latter or forensic See also:element makes up with the haggada the See also:Midrash (q.v.), but, being more popular than the halakha, is often itself styled the Midrash. It maybe described as the poetical and ethical element as contrasted with the legal element in the See also:Talmud (q.v.), but the two elements are always closely connected. From one point of view the haggada, amplifying and developing the contents of See also:Hebrew scripture in response to a popular religious need, may be termed a rabbinical commentary on the Old Testament, containing traditional stories and legends, sometimes amusing, sometimes trivial, and often beautiful. The haggada abounds in parables. The haggadic passages of the Talmud were collected in the See also:Eye of See also:Jacob, a very popular compilation completed by See also:Jakob See also:ibn Habib in the 16th See also:century.

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