Midrash

From Hebrew מִדְרָשׁ‎ (midrásh, “Midrash”), in turn from Aramaic דרש‎.

Midrash (plural Midrashim or Midrashot or Midrashoth)

1. A Rabbinic commentary on a text from the Hebrew Scripture.
2. The Rabbinic technique or tradition of such exegesis.
   • 2007, Karen Armstrong, The Bible: The Biography, Atlantic 2008, page 82:

     Midrash was not a purely intellectual pursuit and study was never an end in itself: it had to inspire practical action in the world.

• Midrashic
• midrashist

• dirhams, hardims