אַגָּדָה, (נגד, נ absorbed or dropped = הַגָּדָה) tale, story, lesson, esp. Agadah, that class of Rabb. literature which explains the Bible homiletically, opp. to Halakhah or legal interpretation (הֲלָכָה, שְׁמוּעָה). M. Kat. 23ᵃ שמ׳ וא׳ a legal tradition and an Agadah (homily). Y. Yeb. XII, 13ᵃ. Y. B. Bath. VI, 15ᶜ מסורת א׳ היא it is a traditional Agadah.—Y. Git. IV, 45ᶜ בא׳ … מאן דייק לן who among us can enter into what thy grandfather said?—בעל א׳ a lecturer on Agadah. Gen. R. s. 94; a. fr.—אֲגָּדַת תלים the Agadah on Psalms. Ib. s. 33.—Pl. אֲגָדוֹת, אַגָּ׳. Lev. R. s. 22, beg.; a. fr.—Cmp. אֲגַדְתָּא.