ABSTRACT
Note Here is a brief explanation of the terms used in this article: halakah, traditional Oral (binding) Law; Haggadah, traditional oral lore, story, or legend; Mishnah, Rabbinic compilations of the traditional Oral Law (and/or consisting of/including interpretations of Biblical law); Midrash, Rabbinic compilations of the traditional oral lore, stories, and legends (and/or consisting of/including interpretations of Biblical stories; the word midrash means “interpretation, commentary, exegesis” and in this general sense one can also speak of a halakic midrash); Talmud, major Rabbinic compilation of the Oral Law, consisting of commentaries/interpretations of the Mishnaic laws (i.e. interpretations of interpretations of Biblical laws), including at times some haggadah.
