haggada

Noun

Hag=ga=da

WORDNET DICTIONARY

haggada(n = noun.communication) hagada, haggadah - Talmudic literature that does not deal with law but is still part of Jewish tradition;

is a kind of talmudic literature

haggada, n. [Rabbinic haggādhā, fr. Heb. higgīdh to relate.].

A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament. [1913 Webster]

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