Explore texts tagged with Kal Va'chomer
2500 BCE
1000+ CE
Exodus 20:12
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Malachi 1:6
Deuteronomy 17:6
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Hebrews 10:28
Deuteronomy 22:4
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Matthew 12:11
Psalm 147:9
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Matthew 6:26
Psalms of Solomon 5:9
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Matthew 6:26
Luke 16:11
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Didache 4:8
Matthew 6:26
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Mishnah Kiddushin 4
Matthew 6:26
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Genesis Rabbah 79:6
Matthew 7:11
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Leviticus Rabbah 34:14
John 7:23
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Yoma 85b
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A kal va'chomer ("light and heavy") argument reasons from a lesser case to a greater. It is the first of Hillel's seven middot, the standard rules of rabbinic biblical interpretation, and appears throughout Jesus' teachings, Pauline letters, Hebrews, and Rabbinic literature.
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