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Midrash Aseret ha-Dibrot, the Glossary

Midrash Aseret ha-Dibrot (Hebrew: מדרש עשרת הדיברות) or Midrash of the Ten Statements is one of the smaller midrashim which dates (according to A. Jellinek) from about the 10th century, and which is devoted entirely to the Shavuot holiday; a Vatican library manuscript in fact calls it "an aggadah for Shavuot.".^[1]

34 relations: Abraham Epstein, Adolf Jellinek, Aggadah, Alphabet of Rabbi Akiva, Book of Genesis, Creation myth, Egyptian language, Elijah, Genesis Rabbah, Hebrew language, Isaac ben Jacob Benjacob, Isaac Hirsch Weiss, Joshua ben Hananiah, Leopold Zunz, Matteya ben Heresh, Moses, Notarikon, Pesikta Rabbati, Pirkei De-Rabbi Eliezer, Psalms, Rabbi Akiva, Rabbi Meir, Saadia Gaon, Saul, Shabbat (Talmud), Shavuot, Shir HaShirim Rabbah, Simhah ben Samuel of Vitry, Smaller midrashim, Solomon, Song of Songs, Ten Commandments, Torah, Vatican Library.
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Abraham Epstein

Abraham Epstein (אברהם עפשטיין; born 19 December 1841) was a Russo-Austrian rabbinical scholar born in Staro Constantinov, Volhynia.

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Adolf Jellinek

Adolf Jellinek (אהרן ילינק Aharon Jelinek; 26 June 1821 in Drslavice, Moravia – 28 December 1893 in Vienna) was an Austrian rabbi and scholar.

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Aggadah

Aggadah (אַגָּדָה ʾAggāḏā or Haggāḏā; Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אַגָּדְתָא ʾAggāḏəṯāʾ; "tales, fairytale, lore") is the non-legalistic exegesis which appears in the classical rabbinic literature of Judaism, particularly the Talmud and Midrash.

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Alphabet of Rabbi Akiva

Alphabet of Rabbi Akiva (אלפא-ביתא דרבי עקיבא, Alpha-Beta de-Rabbi Akiva), otherwise known as Letters of Rabbi Akiva (אותיות דרבי עקיבא, Otiot de-Rabbi Akiva) or simply Alphabet or Letters, is a midrash on the names of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

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Book of Genesis

The Book of Genesis (from Greek; בְּרֵאשִׁית|Bərēʾšīṯ|In beginning; Liber Genesis) is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.

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Creation myth

A creation myth or cosmogonic myth is a type of cosmogony, a symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it.

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Egyptian language

The Egyptian language, or Ancient Egyptian, is an extinct branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages that was spoken in ancient Egypt.

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Elijah

Elijah (ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My God is Yahweh/YHWH"; Greek form: Elias /eːˈlias/) was a Jewish prophet and a miracle worker who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of King Ahab (9th century BC), according to the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible.

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Genesis Rabbah

Genesis Rabbah (Bərēšīṯ Rabbā) is a religious text from Judaism's classical period, probably written between 300 and 500 CE with some later additions.

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Hebrew language

Hebrew (ʿÎbrit) is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family.

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Isaac ben Jacob Benjacob

Isaac ben Jacob Benjacob (10 January 1801, Ramygala – 2 July 1863, Vilnius) was a Lithuanian Jewish maskil, best known as a bibliographer, author, and publisher.

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Isaac Hirsch Weiss

Isaac (Isaak) Hirsch Weiss, also Eisik Hirsch Weiss (9 February 1815 – 1 June 1905), was an Austrian Talmudist and historian of literature born at Groß Meseritsch, Habsburg Moravia.

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Joshua ben Hananiah

Joshua ben Hananiah (Yəhōšuaʿ ben Ḥánanyāh; d. 131 CE), also known as Rabbi Yehoshua, was a leading tanna of the first half-century following the destruction of the Second Temple.

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Leopold Zunz

Leopold Zunz (יום טוב צונץ—Yom Tov Tzuntz, ליפמן צונץ—Lipmann Zunz; 10 August 1794 – 17 March 1886) was the founder of academic Judaic Studies (Wissenschaft des Judentums), the critical investigation of Jewish literature, hymnology and ritual.

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Matteya ben Heresh

Matteya ben Heresh or Mattithiah (Hebrew: מתיא בן חרש) was a Roman tanna of the 2nd century.

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Moses

Moses; Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ); Mūše; Mūsā; Mōÿsēs was a Hebrew prophet, teacher and leader, according to Abrahamic tradition.

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Notarikon

Notarikon (נוטריקון Noṭriqōn) is a Talmudic and Kabbalistic method of deriving a word, by using each of its initial (Hebrew) or final letters to stand for another, to form a sentence or idea out of the words.

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Pesikta Rabbati

Pesikta Rabbati (Hebrew: פסיקתא רבתי P'siqta Rabbita, "The Larger P'siqta") is a collection of aggadic midrash (homilies) on the Pentateuchal and prophetic readings, the special Sabbaths, and so on. Midrash Aseret ha-Dibrot and Pesikta Rabbati are Jewish medieval literature.

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Pirkei De-Rabbi Eliezer

Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer (translit, 'Chapters of Rabbi Eliezer'; abbreviated, 'PRE') is an aggadic-midrashic work of Torah exegesis and retellings of biblical stories.

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Psalms

The Book of Psalms (תְּהִלִּים|Tehillīm|praises; Psalmós; Liber Psalmorum; Zabūr), also known as the Psalms, or the Psalter, is the first book of the third section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) called ("Writings"), and a book of the Old Testament.

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Rabbi Akiva

Akiva ben Joseph (Mishnaic Hebrew:; – 28 September 135 CE), also known as Rabbi Akiva, was a leading Jewish scholar and sage, a tanna of the latter part of the first century and the beginning of the second.

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Rabbi Meir

Rabbi Meir (רַבִּי מֵאִיר) was a Jewish sage who lived in the time of the Mishnah.

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Saadia Gaon

Saʿadia ben Yosef Gaon (882/892 – 942) was a prominent rabbi, gaon, Jewish philosopher, and exegete who was active in the Abbasid Caliphate.

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Saul

Saul (שָׁאוּל) was a monarch of ancient Israel and Judah and the first king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament.

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Shabbat (Talmud)

Shabbat (שַׁבָּת, lit. "Sabbath") is the first tractate of Seder Moed ("Order of Appointed Times") of the Mishnah and of the Talmud.

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Shavuot

Shavuot (from Weeks), or Shvues (in some Ashkenazi usage), is a Jewish holiday, one of the biblically ordained Three Pilgrimage Festivals.

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Shir HaShirim Rabbah

Shir ha-Shirim Rabbah (Hebrew: שיר השירים רבה) is an aggadic midrash on Song of Songs, quoted by Rashi under the title "Midrash Shir ha-Shirim".

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Simhah ben Samuel of Vitry

Simhah ben Samuel of Vitry (שמחה בן שמואל מויטרי; died 1105) was a French Talmudist of the 11th and 12th centuries, pupil of Rashi, and the compiler of Machzor Vitry. Midrash Aseret ha-Dibrot and Simhah ben Samuel of Vitry are Jewish medieval literature.

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Smaller midrashim

A number of midrashim exist which are smaller in size, and generally later in date, than those dealt with in the articles Midrash Haggadah and Midrash Halakah.

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Solomon

Solomon, also called Jedidiah, was a monarch of ancient Israel and the son and successor of King David, according to the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament.

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Song of Songs

The Song of Songs (שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים|translit.

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Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments (עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים|ʿĂsereṯ haDəḇārīm|The Ten Words), or the Decalogue (from Latin decalogus, from Ancient Greek label), are religious and ethical directives, structured as a covenant document, that, according to the Hebrew Bible, are given by Yahweh to Moses. Midrash Aseret ha-Dibrot and Ten Commandments are Commandments.

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Torah

The Torah (תּוֹרָה, "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.

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Vatican Library

The Vatican Apostolic Library (Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana), more commonly known as the Vatican Library or informally as the Vat, is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City, and is the city-state's national library.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midrash_Aseret_ha-Dibrot

Also known as Midrash of the Ten Commandments, Midrash on the Ten Commandments.

Midrash Aseret ha-Dibrot, the Glossary

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Commandments

Jewish medieval literature

Midrashim

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