Commentary on Safra

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"Commentary on Safra" is a halachic and Talmudic commentary by the Vilna Gaon on the Sifra, a foundational rabbinic midrash on the book of Leviticus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Talmudic commentary ⓘ
halachic commentary ⓘ
rabbinic commentary ⓘ
aimsTo clarify halachic derivations in Sifra ⓘ
resolve textual difficulties in Sifra ⓘ
associatedWith Vilna Gaon’s school ⓘ
linked to: Volozhin Yeshiva
author Elijah ben Solomon Zalman ⓘ
Vilna Gaon ⓘ
basedOnText Sifra on Leviticus ⓘ
commentaryOn Sifra ⓘ
focusesOn book of Leviticus ⓘ
linked to: Book of Leviticus
genre biblical commentary ⓘ
midrashic commentary ⓘ
influencedBy Talmud Bavli ⓘ
Talmud Yerushalmi ⓘ
earlier midrashic literature ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
movementContext Lithuanian Jewish scholarship ⓘ
partOf Vilna Gaon’s corpus of Torah commentaries ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Eastern Europe ⓘ
relatedWork Vilna Gaon’s commentary on Sifra de-Zuta ⓘ
Vilna Gaon’s commentary on the Mishnah ⓘ
Vilna Gaon’s commentary on the Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
religiousContext Judaism ⓘ
religiousLawDomain Jewish law ⓘ
religiousSignificance interpretation of Levitical laws ⓘ
scripturalBase Leviticus ⓘ
linked to: Book of Leviticus

Torah ⓘ
studiedBy yeshiva students ⓘ
studiedWithin advanced Talmudic study ⓘ
subject Midrashic exegesis ⓘ
Talmudic interpretation ⓘ
halakha ⓘ
timePeriodOfAuthor 18th century ⓘ
tradition Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
typeOfExegesis legal exegesis ⓘ
philological exegesis ⓘ
usedFor halachic source analysis ⓘ
study of midrash halakha ⓘ
usesMethodology halachic analysis ⓘ
peshat-oriented exegesis ⓘ

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Vilna Gaon → notableWork → Commentary on Safra ⓘ