Haggada

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Also Known As	Haggadoth • Haggadot • Aggada • Haggadah • Aggadot

Topics

Oral law Jewish literature Midrash Yiddish literature Talmud and Midrash Hebrew Bible Hebrew literature apocrypha Mishna Halakhah Tosefta responsa minhag

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Micah Joseph Berdichevsky

Russian author