Sifra
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Sifra is a classical rabbinic midrash on the Book of Leviticus that systematically expounds its legal (halakhic) passages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sifra canonical | 10 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
halakhic midrash
ⓘ
midrash halakha ⓘ rabbinic literature ⓘ tannaitic work ⓘ |
| aimsTo | expound legal passages of Leviticus ⓘ |
| associatedWithSchool | Rabbi Akiva ⓘ |
| audience | rabbinic scholars ⓘ |
| basedOn | Book of Leviticus ⓘ |
| category |
Midrash
ⓘ
surface form:
Midrashim on the Torah
|
| citedIn |
Talmud
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian Talmud
Talmud Yerushalmi ⓘ
surface form:
Jerusalem Talmud
|
| commentaryOn | priestly code in Leviticus ⓘ |
| contains |
halakhic interpretations
ⓘ
hermeneutic principles ⓘ |
| coversTopic |
holiness code
ⓘ
priestly regulations ⓘ purity laws ⓘ sacrificial laws ⓘ |
| focusesOn | halakhic exegesis ⓘ |
| genre | legal commentary ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Torat Kohanim ⓘ |
| influenced | later halakhic literature ⓘ |
| inHalakhicCategory | Torah-based law exegesis ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| method | derivation of laws from biblical verses ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of tannaitic midrashim ⓘ |
| period | Tannaitic period ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin |
Eretz HaKodesh
ⓘ
surface form:
Land of Israel
|
| relatedWork |
Sifre Devarim
ⓘ
surface form:
Sifre on Deuteronomy
Sifre Bamidbar ⓘ
surface form:
Sifre on Numbers
|
| religiousFunction | source for Jewish law ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| scripturalScope |
Book of Leviticus
ⓘ
surface form:
Leviticus
|
| structureType | systematic exposition ⓘ |
| studiedIn | yeshivot ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | early centuries CE ⓘ |
| traditionType | oral Torah ⓘ |
| transmittedAs | rabbinic textual tradition ⓘ |
| typeOfExegesis | verse-by-verse legal exposition ⓘ |
| usedBy | Talmudic sages ⓘ |
| usedFor |
interpretation of Levitical law
ⓘ
legal derivation in rabbinic courts ⓘ |
| usedIn | halakhic discourse ⓘ |
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