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