distinguish Pesikta de Rav Kahana Rabbinical Literature PesiktaRabbati or P sqita Rabbita Hebrew is a collection of Aggadic Midrash homilies on the Pentateuchal and Nevi im prophetic lessons, the special Sabbaths , etc. It was composed around 845 CE and probably called rabbati the larger to distinguish it from the earlier Pesi ta de Rab Kahana Pesi ta . In common with the latter it has five entire pis ot No. 15 Ha odesh , No. 16 Korbani La mi , No. 17 Waye i ba azi , No. 18 Omer , No. 33 Aniyyah So arah , and the larger part of No. 14 Para , but otherwise it is very different from the Pesi ta, being in every respect like the Tan uma midrashim. In Friedmann s edition Vienna, 1880 it contains, in forty seven numbers, about fifty one homilies, part of which are combinations of smaller ones seven or eight of these homilies belong to anukkah , and about seven each to the Feast of Weeks and Rosh Hashana New Year , while the older Pesi ta contains one each for anukkah and the Feast of Weeks and two for New Year. Pesi ta Rabbati contains also homilies to lessons which are not paralleled in the Pesi ta. There are also various differences between these two Pesi tot in regard to the feast day lessons and the lessons for the Sabbaths of aveilut mourning and of comforting. The works are entirely different in content, with the exception of the above mentioned Nos. 15 18, the part .... Tan uma. But in the Pesi ta Rabbati there are not less than twenty eight homilies with such exordiums ... which the old authors found in the Pesi ta Rabbati. The present edition of the Pesi ta Rabbati, which ... also, as Nos. 19, 27, 38, 39, 45, are defective. Pesi ta Rabbati therefore appears to be a combination ... shows the characteristics of the genuine portions of the Pesi ta Rabbati, in the proems of R. Tan uma ... drawing upon the Pesi ta Rabbati it has been published by Jellinek in Bet ha Midrash, vi. 36 70. References JewishEncyclopedia Rivka Ulmer ed. , A Synoptic Edition Of Pesiqta Rabbati Based ... more details
scholars believe that the Tanya Rabbati is an abbreviated version of Shibbolei ha Leket firstly ... Anav were in fact related. However, other views exist. S. H. Kook believes that Tanya Rabbati is the first ... Rabbati . In Mirsky s view, the many similarities of the Tanya Rabbati to Shibbolei ha Leket come from ... more details
Rabbinical Literature Ebel Rabbati Hebrew is one of the later or minor tractates which in the editions of the Babylonian Talmud are placed after the fourth order, Nezi in it treats of aveilut mourning for the dead. It is known also under the euphemistic name Semachot , meaning festive occasions or joys . References in the Talmud A collection of baraitot entitled Ebel Rabbati is cited in the Talmud M. . 24a, 26b Ket. 28a , sentences therefrom being quoted but it is not identical with the treatise now under consideration, since only one of the three sentences in question, namely, that cited in Ket. 28a, is found even in an approximate form in Sema ot ii. 13 14 . Eras of the Halakha The designation Ebel Rabbati in the Talmud seems indeed to presuppose that a shorter treatise of like content was in existence at the time of the Amoraim , although it is probable that the term Rabbati the Large was used merely because the collection of mourning regulations to which it was applied was more copious than that contained in the Mishnah M. . iii. . So much, however, is certain, that besides the treatise which is now known as Sema ot or Ebel Rabbati there was an older collection of baraitot concerning funeral ordinances, and that the former was designated Rabbati to distinguish between the two. The gaon Na ronai b. Hilai 853 856 , in answer to the question What is the Ebel Rabbati? gives the reply Ebel is a treatise of the Mishnah in which are contained the regulations concerning mourning for the dead and most of the halakic ordinances of the third chapter of Mo ed a an ... to a small circle only, it was replaced by the later treatise Ebel Rabbati, which borrowed much ... 57 M. Klotz, Der Talmudische Traktat Ebel Rabbati oder Sema ot, Berlin, 1890 Weiss, Dor , ii. 246. External ... for Evel Rabbati , by Wilhelm Bacher and Jacob Zallel Lauterbach . JewishEncyclopedia Category Minor tractates de Ebel Rabbati he ... more details
distinguish PesiktaRabbati Rabbinical Literature Pesikta de Rab Kahana Hebrew is a collection ... forming the Pesikta cycle the Pentateuchal lessons for special Shabbat Sabbaths Nos. 1 6 and for the feast ... entitled Seli ot . The name The term pesikta is an Aramaic cognate of the Hebrew pasuk or verse ... in the title of the work. The position of the Rosh Hashana section as the first pesikta is also ... that name lived in Babylonia Harv Strack Stemberger 1991 , while the Pesikta de Rav Kahana ... not belong to the Pesikta. The various manuscripts differ not only in regard to the above mentioned ..., with the exception of next to the last one. Entire homilies of the Pesikta have been taken over, or sometimes worked over, into the PesiktaRabbati there are also a number of Pesikta homilies in the Tanhuma Midrashim. Leviticus Rabbah also contains some of the homilies found in Pesikta. The parashiyyot ... Nos. 27, 9, 8, 23, 28 of the Pesikta. Leopold Zunz Zunz takes the Pesikta to be dependent on Leviticus Rabbah, assigning this midrash to the middle of the 7th century, but the Pesikta to the year 700. Weiss, while emphasizing still more strongly the dependence of Pesikta on Leviticus Rabbah, takes it to be nearly as old as Genesis Rabba h he thinks that the Pesikta took for its sources Gensis ... the Pesikta as the earliest midrash collection. Dating Undoubtedly the core content of the Pesikta ... in the Pesikta, developed from short introductions to the exposition of the Scripture text into more ... of the proems, indicate that the Pesikta belongs to a higher stage of midrashic development. According to Harvtxt Strack Stemberger 1991 , the text of the current Pesikta was probably not finally fixed ... or prescribed in the Pesikta. References JewishEncyclopedia Citation surname1 Strack given1 H.L. surname2 ... Edinburgh year 1991 ISBN 978 0800625245 . Braude, W G, Pesikta Derab Kahana ,Jewish Publication Society ... Singer and J. Theodor . DEFAULTSORT Pesikta De Rav Kahana Category Aggadic Midrashim he ... more details
Hadraniel or Hadarniel,among other variant spellings , whose name means majesty or greatness of God, is an angel in Jewish Angelology assigned as gatekeeper at the second gate in heaven . ref Davidson, Gustav 1967 , A Dictionary of Angels, Including The Fallen Angels , p. 132, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 66 19757 ref He is supposed to be more than sixty myriads of parasang s approximately 2.1 million miles tall and a daunting figure to face. When Moses arrived in heaven to get the Torah from God, it was said that he was speechless with awe at the sight of Hadraniel. ref Pesikta Rabbati 20 3 ref Hadraniel didn t think Moses should have the Torah, and made him weep in fear, which caused God to appear and reprimand Hadraniel for causing problems. Hadraniel quickly decided to behave and acted as a guide for Moses. This was a great help, for according to Zoharic legend when Hadraniel proclaims the will of the Lord, his voice penetrates through 200,000 firmaments. ref http www.kabbalah.com k index.php p zohar zohar&vol 18&sec 635 6416 The Zohar , Vol. 9 Beshalach, Section 21 ref Also, according to the Revelation of Moses, with every word from his Hadraniel s mouth go forth 12,000 flashes of lightning. ref http www.sacred texts.com journals jras 1893 15.htm The Revelation of Moses from Hebrew Visions of Hell and Paradise, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1893 at http www.sacred texts.com sacred texts.com ref In Gnosticism Hadraniel is only one of seven subordinates to Jehuel, prince of fire King,p.15 . In the Zohar 55b , Hadraniel speaks to Adam Bible Adam about Adam s possession of the Book of the Angel Raziel , which was said to contain secret information that not even the angels knew. References references category Angels in Judaism category Angels in Christianity legendary creature stub Kabbalah stub ... more details
Ephraim Zalman Margolis December 19, 1762 August 24, 1828 lang he was a Jews of Galicia Galician rabbi born in Brody . Biography He received his Talmudic education at different yeshiva s, in which he distinguished himself for the acuteness of his intellect and for his astonishing memory. His correspondence with Ezekiel Landau and other leading Talmudists soon gained for him a high reputation. He established a banking house which proved so successful that within a short time he became quite wealthy. In 1785 he published his responsa entitled Bet Hadash ha Hadashot , and in the following year the rabbis of Brody elected him one of their number. Being of independent means, he opened in his house a yeshivah of which he was the head several of his pupils became eminent rabbis. Works Margolis was considered a high rabbinical authority. He published the following works Bet Efrayim 2 vols., Lemberg, 1809 10 , commentary on parts of the Shulchan Arukh , Yoreh De ah Oration at the funeral of Rabbi Meir Kristianopoler ib. 1815 Bet Efrayim 4 parts, ib. 1818 , responsa on the four parts of the Shulchan Arukh Yad Efrayim Dubno, 1820 , commentaries on Shulchan Arukh , Orach Chayim Sha are Efrayim ib. 1820 , on the rules pertaining to the reading of the Law Yad Efrayim Zolkiev, 1823 , extensive commentaries on the names of men and of women to be employed in letters of divorce Shem Efrayim Berdychev, 1826 , commentary on the Torah Matteh Efrayim Zolkiev, 1834 , on the ritual laws to be observed from the beginning of the month of Elul until after the Feast of Tabernacles , as well as on the regulations regarding the Kaddish of orphans Zera Efrayim Lemberg, 1853 , commentary on the Pesikta Rabbati Many other works by him are still in manuscript as of 1906 . References JewishEncyclopedia article Ephraim Zalman Margolioth url http jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 186&letter M 527 Persondata NAME Margolis, Ephraim Zalman ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... more details
Sandalphon lang he lang el is an archangel in Judaism Jewish and Christianity Christian writings. Sandalphon figures prominently in the mystical literary traditions of Rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity , notably in the Midrash , Talmud , and Kabbalah . Origin Some of the earliest sources on Sandalphon refer to him as the prophet Elijah transfigured and elevated to angel ic status. ref name a Davidson, Gustav 1967 , A Dictionary of Angels, Including The Fallen Angels , p. 257, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 66 19757 ref Other sources mainly from the midrash ic period describe him as the twin brother of Metatron , whose human origin as Enoch ancestor of Noah Enoch was similar to the human origin of Sandalphon. ref http www.steliart.com angelology angel princes.html Angel Princes ref Meaning of name The name Sandalphon is of uncertain derivation. It is possibly derived from the Greek language Greek prefix sym syn , meaning together , and adelphos , meaning brother thus approximately meaning co brother , since the modern Greek word for co worker , synadelfos , has these roots. This probably refers to Sandalphon s relationship to Metatron, though this derivation shows uncertain Semitic influences. ref http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 223&letter S Sandalfon at http www.jewishencyclopedia.com JewishEncyclopedia.com ref Another possibility is it coming from the Greek language Greek sandalion , meaning sandal thus meaning one who wears sandals . Descriptions and functions Physical descriptions of Sandalphon vary depending on the source. He is uniformly depicted as extremely tall he exceeds Hadraniel another angel in height by a 500 year foot journey. ref Pesikta Rabbati 20 3 ref ref http www.thechristianrabbi.org whoismetatron.htm Who is Metatron at http www.thechristianrabbi.org Hebrew Witness ref During Moses visit to the Third Heaven , he is said to have glimpsed Sandalphon and called him the tall angel though this ... more details
Meir Ish Shalom Friedmann July 10, 1831, at Kru n Kraszna lang sk Kru n , Ko ice Region district of Kashau Ko ice Region , Kingdom of Hungary , Austrian Empire 1908, at Vienna , Austria Hungary was an Austrian Hungarian Judaism Jewish scholar. His editions of the Midrash are the standard texts. His chief editions were the Sifre 1864 , the Mekhilta 1870 , Pesiqta Rabbathi 1880 . At the time of his death he was editing the Sifra . Friedmann, while inspired with regard for tradition, dealt with the Rabbinic texts with modern scientific methods, and rendered conspicuous service to the critical investigation of the Midrash and to the history of early homilies. Biography In 1844, at the age of 13, he entered the yeshiva at Ungvar , Carpathian Ruthenia region now part of Ukraine where he was attracted to Chasidism and Cabala . At the age of sixteen, he was led by the Bi ur of Moses Mendelssohn to the study of the Bible , and became deeply interested in Hebrew poetry , especially in Naphtali Herz Wessely Wessely s Shire Tife ret . At twenty, while living at Miskolc , where he earned his livelihood by giving Talmud instruction, he took up secular studies. In 1858 he entered the University of Vienna . In 1864, when the Vienna bet ha midrash was founded, he was chosen as teacher of the Bible and Midrash. Later he was hired as a professor in the Israelitisch Theologische Lehranstalt . Among his students there was Solomon Schechter . Works Friedmann has devoted himself chiefly to the editing of old Midrashim , to which he has added critical notes and valuable introductions. These notes, written in classical rabbi nical style, are models of precision and are of great value. Friedmann has published the following works in Hebrew The Sifre , Vienna, 1864 The Mekilta , ib. 1870 Eshet Chayil , a commentary on Book of Proverbs Proverbs , ib. 1878 The Pesikta Rabbati , ib. 1880 Ha Tziyyon, a rational interpretation of Ezekiel , ib. 1882 Dabar al Odot ha Talmud , on the question whethe ... more details
Dreij hrige Palestinensische Cyclus, in Monatsschrift, 1886, pp. 307 313, 406 415. Relation to the Pesikta ... resemblance to the Pesikta de Rav Kahana . Like the lectures in the Pesikta, the homilies in Leviticus ... chapters 8, 12 15, 18, 19, 23, 31 34, 36, 37 . In this, Leviticus Rabbah differs from the Pesikta, for in the Pesikta the individual explanations are seldom lacking. And while the Pesikta rarely quotes ... the form of the Pesikta. The end of each chapter in Leviticus Rabbah, like the Pesikta, consists ... more details
Esther A.D. 940 . The Pesikta , a compilation of homilies on special Pentateuchal and Prophetic lessons early eighth century , in two versions PesiktaRabbatiPesikta de Rav Kahana Pirqe Rabbi Eliezer ... more details
come and stand on the roof byt of the temple. PesiktaRabbati Peshiqta Rabbati 62 c d ref Rivka Ulmer, A Synoptic Edition of Pesiqta Rabbati Based upon All Extant. Manuscripts and the Editio Princeps ... more details
Kahana may refer to TOC right People Rav Kahana II , Jewish Amora sage, active in Babylon and in the Land of Israel Rav Kahana IV , Jewish Amora sage of Babylon Pesikta de Rav Kahana , a collection of Aggadic Midrash which exists in two editions Kahana b. Tahlifa , Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora of the third century Amalia Kahana Carmon born 1926 , Israeli author, educator Eliezer Kahana , Jewish preacher and homiletic exegete in Karlin, Belarus Kalman Kahana 1910 1991 , Israeli politician and journalist Jacob ben Abraham Kahana died 1826 , rabbinical author Places Hawaii Ahupua a O Kahana State Park , formerly Kahana Valley State Park on Oahu Kahana Bay and Kahana Bay Beach Park on windward Oahu Pakistan Kahana, Pakistan , a village in Gujrat District, Pakistan Other ITC Kahana , a typeface Kahana , the freighter ship owned by Charles Widmore in Lost season 4 season 4 of the series Lost See also Kahane Kahuna disambig geo surname References Reflist Category Kohenitic surnames Category Indo Iranian toponyms Category Hawaiian words and phrases Category Hawaiian toponyms ... more details
, the Midrash Tanhuma, and the two Pesiktot Pesikta De Rav Kahana or PesiktaRabbati , the Midrash .... Of the smaller Midrashim he used the Heikhalot Rabbati, the Alfabet de Ben Sira, the Sefer Zerubabel ... more details
Tanya is the common name for the book Likkutei Amarim lang he , an early work of Hasidic Judaism, written by Shneur Zalman of Liadi , the founder of Chabad . Tanya may also refer to people Tanya given name Lara Saint Paul Tanya Italian singer born 1946 , a name used by Italian singer Lara Saint Paul Tanya Savicheva 1930 1944 , a Russian child who survived the siege of Leningrad during World War II fictional characters Tanya Turner , the lead character on the ITV drama Footballers Wives Tanya Adams , a fictional character from the Command & Conquer Red Alert video game series Tanya Mortal Kombat , a fictional character in the Mortal Kombat game series. Tanya Mousekewitz , a fictional character from the film An American Tail other Tanya , a Russian pet form, or hypocoristic, for the female name Tatiana Tanya Rabbati , a 16th century Italian code of Jewish law 2127 Tanya an asteroid named after Tanya Savicheva Tanya, a Russian Guardian Spirit Tanya horse , the 1905 winner of the Belmont Stakes horse race. See also Tania disambiguation disambig de Tanya es Tanya fr Tanya it Tanya he ... more details
unreferenced date December 2007 Rabbinical Literature The minor tractates Hebrew , masechtot qetanot are essays from the Tannaim Tannaitic period or later dealing with topics about which no formal tractate exists in the Mishnah . They may thus be contrasted to the Tosefta , whose tractates parallel those of the Mishnah . The first eight or so contain much original material the last seven or so are collections of material scattered throughout the Talmud. The Minor Tractates are normally printed at the end of Nezikin Seder Nezikin in the Talmud . They include Avot of Rabbi Natan Hebrew . The Solomon Schechter Schechter edition contains two different versions version A has 41 chapters and version B has 48 . Soferim Talmud Soferim Hebrew Scribes . This tractate appears in two different versions in the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds. Evel Rabbati Hebrew Elaboration on Mourning . This tractate is about laws and customs pertaining to death and mourning, and is sometimes euphemistically called Semakhot joys . Kallah Hebrew Bride on engagement, marriage and co habitation . Kallah Rabbati Hebrew an elaboration of the above . Derekh Eretz Rabbah Hebrew Derekh Eretz literally means the way of the world, which in this context refers to deportment, manners and behavior. Derekh Eretz Zutta Hebrew Addressed to scholars, this is a collection of maxims urging self examination and modesty. Pereq ha Shalom Hebrew Chapter of Peace on the ways of peace between people a final chapter to the above often listed separately . Sefer Torah regulations for writing Torah scroll s . Mezuzah Heberw scroll affixed to the doorpost . Tefillin Hebrew phylacteries . Tzitzit Hebrew fringes . Avadim Hebrew slaves . Gerim Hebrew Ger Tzedek conversion to Judaism . Kutim Hebrew Samaritans . There is also a lost tractate called Eretz Yisrael The Land of Israel, about laws of that lan ... more details
Rabbah , Pesi ta Rabbati , and Shemot Rabbah , being a medium between these midrashim and the older haggadah comp., however, Friedmann, introduction to his edition of the Pesi ta Rabbati, p. 25 . Examples ... of Ruth Rabbah see Ekah Rabbati , Esther Rabbah , and ohelet Rabbah . Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography ... more details
The Severus Scroll or Codex Severi was a lost scroll containing the Torah . A very few sentences of it have been preserved by Rabbinic literature . This scroll was allegedly taken to Rome by emperor Titus as part of the booty after the Fall of Jerusalem, AD 70 , and one century and half later the emperor Severus Alexander gave it as a gift to a synagogue he allowed to be built in Rome. ref cite book title The text of the Old Testament an introduction to the Biblia Hebraica last W rthwein first Ernst year 1995 publisher Eerdmans Publishing isbn 9780802807885 page 38 url http books.google.com books?id FSNKSBObCYwC&pg PA38 v onepage&q&f false ref Variants of this scroll from the Masoretic text are contained mainly in Genesis Rabbati , ref see A. Epstein, in Monatsschrift, 1885, pp. 337 et seq. Recueil des Travaux R dig s en l Honneur de D. Chwolson, pp. 49 et seq., Berlin, 1899 ref ref http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?letter A&artid 1153 1901 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia article Alexander Severus ref and are similar to the ones quoted by Rabbi Meir , who thus probably knew this Torah scroll. ref name Tov cite book title Textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible last Tov first Emanuel year 2001 publisher Uitgeverij Van Gorcum isbn 9789023237150 pages 119 121 url http books.google.com books?id egDUOjN1qI4C&pg PA119 v onepage&q&f false ref The variants from the Masoretic text are thirty three, most minors differences due the weakening of guttural s. Some relevant variants are garments of light in place of garments of skin in bibleverse Genesis 3 21 HE and he sold his sword in place of he sold his birthright in bibleverse Genesis 25 33 HE . ref name Tov Notes reflist 2 Category Hebrew Bible manuscripts Category Severan Dynasty ... more details
Man of God , in the Hebrew Bible is a title of respect applied to prophet s and beloved religious leaders. The term appears 77 times in 71 verses of the Hebrew Bible, in application to up to 12 individuals Moses Deuteronomy Deut. 33 1 Book of Joshua Josh. 14 6 Psalms Ps. 90 1 Book of Ezra Ezra 3 1 Books of Chronicles 1 Chron. 23 14 2 Chron. 30 16 Moses is the only person called man of Names of God in Judaism God in the Torah . The angel of the Lord who appeared to Samson s mother Book of Judges Judges 13 6, 8 whom she may have taken to be a prophet Leviticus Rabbah 1 1 Image Gustave Dor 2 Kings 2 11.jpg thumb right 200px Elisha watches Elijah ascend to heaven by Gustave Dor The man who chastised the Kohen Priest Eli Biblical Priest Eli Books of Samuel 1 Sam. 2 27 whom Sifre identifies as Samuel s father Elkanah Sifre to Deut. 342 4 Samuel Bible Samuel 1 Sam. 9 6, 7, 8, 10 David Nehemiah Neh. 12 24, 36 2 Chron. 8 14 Shemaiah Books of Kings 1 Kings 12 22 2 Chron. 11 2 The man from Kingdom of Judah Judah who cried out against King Jeroboam of Kingdom of Israel Samaria Israel 1 Kings 13 1 twice , 4, 5, 6 twice , 7, 8, 11, 12, 14 twice , 21, 26, 29, 31 2 Kings 23 16, 17 whom the rabbis identify as Iddo Sifre to Deut. 342 4 Pesikta de Rav Kahana 2 85 Zohar 2 64a Elijah 1 Kings 17 18, 24 2 Kings 1 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 The man who told King Ahab of Israel that Israel could defeat the Arameans 1 Kings 20 28 whom Sifre identifies as Micah prophet Micah Sifre to Deut. 342 4 , but who from context might also be Elijah Elisha 2 Kings 4 7, 9, 16, 21, 22, 25, 27 twice , 40, 42 5 8, 14, 15, 20 6 6, 9, 10, 15 7 2, 17, 18, 19 8 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 19 Hanan son of Igdaliah Book of Jeremiah Jer. 35 4 The man who warned King Amaziah of Judah not to go to war 2 Chronicles 25 7, 9 twice , whom the rabbis identify as Amoz Sifre to Deut. 342 4 Seder Olam Rabbah 20 Category Hebrew Bible fr Homme de Dieu ... more details
Rabbinical Literature Exodus Rabbah Hebrew , Shemot Rabbah is the midrash to Book of Exodus Exodus , containing in the printed editions 52 parashiyyot. It is not uniform in its composition. Structure In parashiyyot i. xiv. the proems are almost invariably followed by the running commentary on the entire seder or other Scriptural division the beginnings of the sedarim are distinguished by an asterisk Parashah i., on Book of Exodus Ex. i. 1 ii. 25 par. ii. and iii., on Ex. iii. 1 iv. 17 par. iv. and v., Nos.2 8, on Ex. iv. 18 26 par. v., Nos. 1, 9 23, on Ex. iv. 27 vi. 1 par. vi., on Ex. vi. 2 12 par. vii., on Ex. vi. 13 et seq. par. viii., on Ex. vii. 1 et seq. a Tan uma homily par. ix., on Ex. vii. 8 25 par x., on Ex. vii. 26 viii. 15 par. xi., on Ex. viii. 16 ix. 12 par. xii., on Ex. ix. 13 35 par. xiii., on Ex. x. 1 20 par. xiv., on Ex. x. 21 29 There is no exposition nor, in the Tan uma midrashim, any homily to Ex. xi. 1. Beginning with parashah xv., Exodus Rabbah contains homilies and homiletical fragments to the first verses of the tanach Scripture sections. Many of the homilies are taken from the Tan umas , though parashiyyot xv., xvi. xix., xx., xxx., and others show that the author had access also to homilies in many other sources. In the printed editions the text is sometimes abbreviated and the reader referred to such collections, as well as to the Pesikta Pesi ta dn in parashah xxxix. the entire exposition of the Pesi ta lesson Ki Tissa Ex. xxx. 11 has been eliminated in this fashion. Eras of the Halakha Such references and abbreviations were doubtless made by later copyists. There is an interesting statement in parashah xliv. regarding the manner of treating a proem text from the Psalms for the homily to Ex. xxxii. 13. The assumption is justified that Shemot Rabbah down to Ex. xii. 1, with which section the Mekilta begins, is based on an earlier exegetical midrash, constituting, perhaps, the continuation of Bereshit Rabbah . This would explain t ... more details
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