Agur

Midrash Aggadah Agur

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 1, 2025

Agur: Rabbi Menachem de Lonzano mentions it in the introduction to his book 'Shtei Yadot' (Venice, 5488 [1728]). He intended to print it in the second part, following the 'Midrash (rabbinic interpretive commentary) Aggadat Bereishit' (first finger), but at the end of his book, he apologizes and says: "Here the work stops for now, as there is no money left, until God provides me with funds to print the four fingers mentioned at the beginning of the book." However, according to the testimony of Rabbi Yehosef Schwartz in his book 'Tevo'ot HaAretz' (Part 'Ma'aseh HaAretz', entry for Tzfat), he saw the book 'Midrash Agur' that Rabbi Menachem de Lonzano printed in Tzfat or Ein Zeitim in the year 5386 [1626]. But since it's not available to us, we don't know its content and essence.

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