Question 3.25: What are Halakhic (or Tannaitic) Midrashim?

                                  Answer:
   
   These are exegetical [5]midrashim on the books of Exodus, Leviticus
   and Deuteronomy, primarily legal. They establish the Tanakh (Hebrew
   bible) as the source of Halakha.

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