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Seconding @Aryeh that this is an excellent question. I did some research on the subject and this is what I've found on the matter: Authorship: First of all, it seems that the composer of this non-vers …

As stated in the comments, and unless a manuscript with the author's name is discovered, we currently have no way of knowing who authored that targum. In fact, already in Rav Hai Gaon's day the author …

Well, I have time now to gather together the sources. As I said, the answer is, somewhat humorously, "machloket" (dispute), which just goes to show you that Karaites, in the end, are Jews like any oth …

It's available for free on the Genizah website. All you need to do is sign up (for free), then go to the Judeo-Arabic section and look for his commentary on Yechezkel. The first thing you'll see is th …

Amalekites and magic: The Amalekites' ability to change into animals is brought by Rashi on Shmuel 1:15:3 and the Rid on the same verse, and mentioned as a midrash in the Kitzur Ba'al Haturim's commen …

It's from Rambam, Hilchot Teshuva 3:4: "..לְפִיכָךְ צָרִיךְ כָּל אָדָם שֶׁיִּרְאֶה עַצְמוֹ כָּל הַשָּׁנָה כֻּלָּהּ כְּאִלּוּ חֶצְיוֹ זַכַּאי וְחֶצְיוֹ חַיָּב. וְכֵן כָּל הָעוֹלָם חֶצְיוֹ זַכַּאי וְחֶ …

Adding to @Dov's answer, Yosef the Shed was a shed who would assist the sages by giving them info on shedim, as Sforno writes on Vayikra 17:7: "חקת עולם תהיה זאת שלא יזבחו לשעירים אף על פי שלא היו מק …

This saying is quoted in the name of the Chafetz Chaim on multiple websites: Here's a video in which Rabbi Ovadyah Yosef zt"l says it in his name (from 19:14). And the story is likewise told in this b …

In the book "Shu"t Ach Tov Leyisrael" by Rabbi Efraim Kachlon, he has a siman discussing the potential Avodah Zara status of Islam, and he mentions this claim about the Rogatchover (pg. 134-135): "וא …

I don't know if this is the earliest piece of evidence, but it's probably one of the earliest. Several scholars have argued that this type of Bar Kochva denarius (zuz, זוז) features either a lulav or …

I found the riddle written here, here and here (and mentioned in a couple of other places where it seems to have been written by memory and may not necessarily be the correct order of the riddle), but …

According to the Israeli Chabad website, the person in question is R' Nimrod Chefetz who recounted this story during an interview at Chabad Online. His account is brought here.

There are modern rabbis who have suggested this, likely following in the footsteps of academic biblical scholarship which holds this idea. I assume you're asking for classical sources on the subject. …

The Maharal is explicitly referring to a well-known aggadah about the birth of Mashiach after the destruction of the Temple. In the Yerushalmi his birth was stated to be in Birat Malka of Beit Lechem …

This might be what you're referring to: "א"נ במ"ש מהרח"ו זצ"ל ששאל לרבו דעינינו הרואות בתלמוד ומדרשים שמעשים טובים ומדות וקדושת התנאים ואמוראים הוא דבר מבהיל ולא יוכל האדם בדורנו לעשות אחת מאלף, והשי …