אַגָּדָה

אַגָּדָהor אֲגָדָה f. (נגד, נ absorbed or dropped = הַגָּדָה) tale, story, lesson, esp. Agadah, that class of Rabb. literature which explains the Bible homiletically, opp. to Halakhah or legal interpretation (הֲלָכָה, שְׁמוּעָה). M. Kat. 23a שמ׳ וא׳ a legal tradition and an Agadah (homily). Y.Yeb.XII, 13a. Y.B. Bath.VI, 15c מסורת א׳ היא it is a traditional Agadah.Y.Git. IV, 45c בא׳ … מאן דייק לן who among us can enter into what thy grandfather said?בעל א׳ a lecturer on Agadah. Gen. R. s. 94; a. fr.אֲגָּדַת תלים the Agadah on Psalms. Ib. s. 33.Pl. אֲגָדוֹת, אַגָּ׳. Lev. R. s. 22, beg.; a. fr.Cmp. אֲגַדְתָּא.