Crossword-Solution: HAGGADA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Haggada | n. | A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament. |
We have 3 clues for the answer “HAGGADA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Rabbinical writings | 1 answer |
| GEMARA part | 2 answers |
| TALMUD, part of the | 5 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with HAGGADA (5)
The application of an unhistorical local method in the exposition of the Old Testament--Haggada and Rabbinic allegorism--may be found in many passages of Paul (see, e.g., Gal.
Midrash, as the investigations of the commentators were called, by and by divided into two streams--Halacha, which establishes and systematizes the statutes of the Law, and Haggada, which uses the sacred texts for homiletic, historical, ethical, and pedagogic discussions.
Overawed it hearkens solemn To that sacred revelation Mortal man hath poetry called."[5] A story from the Midrash charmingly characterizes the relation between Halacha and Haggada.
The two Midrashic systems emphasize respectively the rule of law and the sway of liberty: Halacha is law incarnate; Haggada, liberty regulated by law and bearing the impress of morality.
Halacha stands for the rigid authority of the Law, for the absolute importance of theory--the law and theory which the Haggada illustrates by public opinion and the dicta of common-sense morality.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1985).