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'''Midrash Al Yithallel''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''מדרש אל יתהלל''') is a [[small midrash]] containing stories from the lives of the wise [[Solomon]], the mighty [[David]], and the rich [[Korah]], illustrating [[Book of Jeremiah|Jeremiah]] 9:23, hence the title:

{{quotation|Thus said the Lord: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom ('''אל יתהלל חכם בחכמתו'''); Let not the strong man glory in his strength ('''ואל יתהלל הגבור בגבורתו'''); Let not the rich man glory in his riches ('''אל יתהלל עשיר בעשרו''').  But only in this should one glory: In his earnest devotion to Me.  For I the Lord act with kindness, justice, and equity in the world; For in these I delight —declares the Lord.<ref>Jeremiah 9:22–23, JPS translation</ref>}}

The text has been published according to a manuscript at Munich by [[A. Jellinek]],<ref>''B. H.'' vi. 106-108</ref> and according to a manuscript from [[Yemen]] by [[Grünhut]],<ref>''Sefer ha-Liḳḳuṭim,'' i. 21 et seq.</ref> with valuable references to sources and parallels. The story of Solomon may be compared the passage cited in Jellinek;<ref>l.c. ii. 86 et seq., from the ''[[Emeḳ ha-Melek]]''</ref> the history of David is similar to the midrash of [[Goliath]];<ref>ib. iv. 140 et seq.</ref> and that of [[Korah#Son of Izhar|Korach]] to the passage in the [[Midrash Tehillim]].<ref>ed. [[S. Buber]] on Psalms 1:15</ref>

==References==
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{{JewishEncyclopedia|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=593&letter=M&search=Al%20Yithallel#1955|title=Smaller Midrashim}}
=== Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography ===
*[[A. Jellinek]], B. H. iv., p. xiii.; vi., pp. xxvi. et seq.


[[Category:Smaller midrashim]]