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Midrash Vayosha
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Midrash Aggadic Midrash Targum v t e Midrash Vayosha ( Hebrew : מדרש ויושע ) is an 11th-century CE midrash , one of the smaller midrashim . It is based on Exodus 14:30-15:18. It is an exposition in the style of the later aggadah , and seems to have been intended for Shabbat Shirah or for the seventh day of Passover . Journal of Jewish art - Volume 10 - Page 8 Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim. Merkaz le-omanut Yehudit - 1984 "According to the eleventh-century Midrash Vayosha', 19 Pharaoh was taken down by the Archangel Gabriel to the ..."
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one of the smaller midrashim
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an 11th-century ce midrash
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