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The opening as it read in 2025

Hermeneutical tool for biblical interpretation Halakhic Midrash Aggadic Midrash Targum v t e The Baraita on the Thirty-two Rules or Baraita of R. Eliezer ben Jose ha-Gelili ( Hebrew : ברייתא דל"ב מידות ) is a baraita giving 32 hermeneutic rules, or middot , for interpreting the Bible. As of when the Jewish Encyclopedia was published in 1901–1906, it was thought to no longer exist except in references by later authorities. However, it was discovered in 1933 by H. Enelow , who published it in his "Mishnat Rabbi Eliezer," and in 1947 it was published again in Margaliot's edition of Midrash Hagadol to Genesis. Jonah ibn Janah is the oldest authority who drew upon this Baraita, but he did not mention it by name. Rashi makes frequent use of it in his commentaries on the Bible . It is mentioned in the commentary attributed Rashi in the Talmud , Horayot 3b. He either briefly calls it the thirty-two rules or designates it as the "Baraita (or sections [ pirkei ]) of R. Also the Karaite Judah Hadassi , who incorporated it in his Eshkol ha-Kofer, recognized in it the work of this R.

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The opening as it stood in 2010

The Baraita on the Thirty-two Rules or Baraita of R. Eliezer ben Jose ha-Gelili is a baraita giving the 32 hermeneutic rules according to which the Bible is interpreted. It is no longer extent except in references by later authorities. Abul-Walid ibn Janaḥ is the oldest authority who drew upon this Baraita, but he did not mention it by name. Rashi makes frequent use of it in his commentaries on the Bible and the Talmud . He either briefly calls it the thirty-two rules ( Hor. 3a) or designates it as the "Baraita (or sections פרקי) of R. Jose ha-Gelili " ( Gen. ii. 8; Ex. xiv. 24). Also the Karaite Judah Hadassi , who incorporated it in his Eshkol ha-Kofer, recognized in it the work of this R.

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The opening as it stood in 2015

The Baraita on the Thirty-two Rules or Baraita of R. Eliezer ben Jose ha-Gelili is a baraita giving 32 hermeneutic rules for interpreting the Bible. It no longer exists, except in references by later authorities. Abul-Walid ibn Janaḥ is the oldest authority who drew upon this Baraita, but he did not mention it by name. Rashi makes frequent use of it in his commentaries on the Bible and the Talmud . He either briefly calls it the thirty-two rules ( Hor. 3a) or designates it as the "Baraita (or sections פרקי) of R. Jose ha-Gelili " ( Gen. ii. 8; Ex. xiv. 24). Also the Karaite Judah Hadassi , who incorporated it in his Eshkol ha-Kofer, recognized in it the work of this R.

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The Baraita on the Thirty-two Rules or Baraita of R. Eliezer ben Jose ha-Gelili is a baraita giving 32 hermeneutic rules for interpreting the Bible. It no longer exists, except in references by later authorities. Jonah ibn Janah is the oldest authority who drew upon this Baraita, but he did not mention it by name. Rashi makes frequent use of it in his commentaries on the Bible and the Talmud . He either briefly calls it the thirty-two rules or designates it as the "Baraita (or sections [ pirkei ]) of R. Also the Karaite Judah Hadassi , who incorporated it in his Eshkol ha-Kofer, recognized in it the work of this R.

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023

Hermeneutical tool for biblical interpretation Halakhic Midrash Aggadic Midrash Targum v t e The Baraita on the Thirty-two Rules or Baraita of R. Eliezer ben Jose ha-Gelili is a baraita giving 32 hermeneutic rules, or middot , for interpreting the Bible. As of when the Jewish Encyclopedia was published in 1901–1906, it was thought to no longer exist except in references by later authorities. However, it was discovered in 1933 by H. Enelow , who published it in his "Mishnat Rabbi Eliezer," and in 1947 it was published again in Margaliot's edition of Midrash Hagadol to Genesis. Jonah ibn Janah is the oldest authority who drew upon this Baraita, but he did not mention it by name. Rashi makes frequent use of it in his commentaries on the Bible . It is mentioned in the commentary attributed Rashi in the Talmud , Horayot 3b. He either briefly calls it the thirty-two rules or designates it as the "Baraita (or sections [ pirkei ]) of R. Also the Karaite Judah Hadassi , who incorporated it in his Eshkol ha-Kofer, recognized in it the work of this R.

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