The chief city of the country, called Rabbah, or Rabbath of the children of Ammon, i.e.
The several portions are named after the ordinary Jewish titles of the Old Testament books with the addition of Rabbah " great."
Ruth or Ruth Rabbah, a compilation including an exposition of 1 Chron.
Rabbah, on Ecclesiastes; see Jew.
Further, the Megillath Ta'anith (" roll of fasts "), an old source with a collection of miscellaneous legends, &c.; Megillath Antiokhos, on the martyrdom under Hadrian; Seder`Olam Rabbah, on biblical history from Adam to the rebellion of Bar Kokba (Barcocheba); the " Book of Jashar "; the Chronicle of Jerahmeel," &c. Liturgical Midrash is illustrated by the Haggada shel Pesah, part of the ritual recited at the domestic service of the first two Passover evenings.