- parashot
- para·shot
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parashot
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MEKHILTA OF R. ISHMAEL — (Aram. מְכִילְתָּא דְּרַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל) halakhic Midrash on Exodus. Mekhilta de Rabbi Yishmael (MY) is a Midrash from the school of R. Ishmael to the Book of Exodus. The word mekhilta means a measure, and its attribution to R. Ishmael was… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SIFRA — (Aram. סִפְרָא), is a midrash halakhah from the school of R. Akiva on the Book of Leviticus. The Aramaic word sifra means book or The Book. This name was commonly used in Babylonia, and most likely attests to the centrality and importance of this … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Sidra — /sid rah/, n. Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya. * * * ▪ Judaism also spelled sidrah or sedra (Hebrew: “order,” “arrangement”) , plural sidrot, sidroth, sedrot , or sedroth in Judaism, weekly readings… … Universalium
