Zuta

Midrash Aggadah Zuta

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

"Zuta": "Zuta" is an Aramaic and Arabic word meaning "small" in contrast to "Raba" which means "large" or "great". There are Midrash (rabbinic interpretive commentary)ic compilations that were composed in two editions, with one, the larger version, being called "Raba" and the other, which is an addition and later than the first, called "Zuta". Examples include "Seder Eliyahu Raba" and "Seder Eliyahu Zuta", "Derech Eretz Raba" and "Derech Eretz Zuta". R. S. Buber published "Midrash Zuta" on Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, and Ecclesiastes, in Berlin, 1894. See "Kehilat Aharon" under its entry.

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