Commentary for Nedarim 70:4
וליטעמיך ליתני מקריב עליו קרבנות אלא מחוסרי כפרה שאני דאמר רבי יוחנן הכל צריכין דעת חוץ ממחוסרי כפרה שהרי אדם מביא קרבן על בניו ועל בנותיו הקטנים שנאמר זאת תורת הזב (ויקרא טו, לב) בין גדול בין קטן
HE MAY TEACH HIM MIDRASH, HALACHOTH AND AGGADOTH,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The three branches of Jewish learning. Midrash (from darash, to study, investigate) means any kind of Biblical hermeneutics. In contradistinction to the peshat (literal interpretation) it denotes the deeper investigation into the text of the Bible in order to derive interpretations and laws not obvious on the surface. Halachoth is a term referring to religious law (embracing both civil and ritual law) whether based on Biblical exposition, (and thus arrived at by Midrash) or not. By Aggadah (or Haggadah, from higgid, to narrate) is meant the whole of the non-legal portion of the Talmud. Thus it includes narratives, homiletical exegesis of the Bible (which inculcate morals, beliefs, etc. but no actual laws) medicine, astronomy, dreams, legends and folklore in general. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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