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midrashot

[Seph. Heb. mee-drahsh; Ashk. Heb. mi-drahsh]

mid·rash

[Seph. Heb. mee-drahsh; Ashk. Heb. mi-drahsh]
noun, plural mid·ra·shim [Seph. Heb. mee-drah-sheem; Ashk. Heb. mi-draw-shim] , mid·ra·shoth, mid·ra·shot, mid·ra·shos [Seph. Heb. mee-drah-shawt; Ashk. Heb. mi-draw-shohs] .
1.
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.
2.
(initial capital letter) a collection of such interpretations or commentaries, especially those written in the first ten centuries a.d.

Origin:
1605–15; < Hebrew midrāsh literally, exposition

mid·rash·ic [mid-rash-ik] , adjective
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