Definition of Haggada

1. Noun. Talmudic literature that does not deal with law but is still part of Jewish tradition.

Exact synonyms: Hagada, Haggadah
Generic synonyms: Talmudic Literature

Definition of Haggada

1. n. A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament.

Definition of Haggada

1. Proper noun. (alternative form of Aggadah) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Haggada

1. haggadah [n -DAS, -DOT or -DOTH] - See also: haggadah

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haggada

Haffkine's vaccine
Hafidh
Hafnia
Haftarah
Haftorah
Hag.
Hagada
Haganah
Hagar
Hagedorn needle
Hageman
Hageman factor
Hagemann factor
Hagerstown
Haggada
Haggadah
Haggai
Hagia Sophia
Hagiographa
Haglund's deformity
Haglund's disease
Hagueite
Hagueites
Hagåtña
Hahira
Hahn
Hahn's oxine reagent
Hahnemannian
Hahnemannians

Literary usage of Haggada

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East, with Historical Surveys by Charles F Horne (1917)
"THE TALMUD THE haggada (OB, TALES AND TRADITIONS OF THE TALMUD) ... you desire to find the greatness of the Creator, study the haggada." — JEWISH PROVERB. ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Although it goes back to early haggada it has received later ... Liturgical Midrash is illustrated by the haggada sliel ..."

3. Jewish Literature from the Eighth to the Eighteenth Century: With an by Moritz Steinschneider (1857)
"The haggada, in contradistinction to the Ha- " lacha, proceeds more upon theory than upon practice; the / General haggada (haggada-Midrash in its wider ..."

4. The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East: With Historical Surveys by Charles Francis Horne (1917)
"THE TALMUD THE haggada (OB, TALES AND TRADITIONS OF THE TALMUD) " The Law may be ... you desire to find the greatness of the Creator, study the haggada. ..."

5. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse by Joseph Friedlander, George Alexander Kohut (1917)
"THE JEWISH YEAR A Passover Hymn from the haggada (El Bench) speed'ly build Thy temple shrine, Thy holy House restore, And send again Thy light divine, ..."

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