Ishmael

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(Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac

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A tradition from Sifra Baraita de Rabbi Yishmael 1:3 (and B Baba Batra 111a) shows us how the argument was used by the rabbi:
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More typical of the mood prevalent in the era of Enlightenment and Emancipation were the opinions expressed by Rabbi Yishmael Ha-Kohen of Modena (1723-1811).
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I am referring to Rabbi Yishmael's sixth principle, by which a general term is followed by particulars, and then followed again by a general term.
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The second school of thought, championed by Rabbi Yishmael, denied that all was given at Sinai.
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There is an enormous body of liturgical, midrashic, and secular literature on the Binding of Isaac, from the genre of piyyut called Akedah to post-Shoah poetry, in which Isaac was actually sacrificed, as well as an Islamic tradition in which Yishmael was sacrificed.
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They see in it the literary-philosophical stance of Rabbi Yishmael as against that of Rabbi Akiva (the contrast between the Yishmael and Akiva principles of interpretation is well spelled out in the introduction to the Exodus volume).
Onkelos on the Torah: Understanding the Bible Text
Esau and Yishmael have their own holy places -- do not touch the Holies of Israel."
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The former remains mostly within the confines of rabbinic literature and discusses the ways in which early rabbinic texts, specifically the tradition attributed to Rabbi Yishmael, integrate Qohelet into the rabbinic exegetical canon in order to overcome the theological problems of that contested biblical book.
Studies in Ancient Midrash
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