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Midrash Leku Nerannena (Hebrew: מדרש לכו נרננה), is one of the smaller midrashim and is cited in the Maḥzor Vitry (§ 426, p. 334). A few fragments of the work are still preserved, from which the midrash appears to have been a homily ("pesiḳta") for the Feast of Ḥanukkah.

Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography

A. Epstein, Ha-Ḥoḳer, i. 65 et seq.

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Jewish Encyclopedia article for Smaller Midrashim

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