Gemara
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- noun
- /ɡəˈmɑːrə/
- Specialized
- In fact, the Gemara goes further and asserts that the Tanna of our Mishnah holds that it is forbidden to give a warning.
Examples
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The Gemara now focuses on the text of the Mishnah itself.
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In his studies, he often quoted passages from the Gemara to illustrate his points.
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Some of the points we take note of will be followed up in the Gemara, and some will not.
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Neither our Gemara nor we will do so.
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Why does our Gemara quote, "He who imposes a vow on his wife?"
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The Gemara begins by thrusting us into the worldview of the biblical book of Bamidbar, Numbers.
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The position of Resh Lakish and Rabbi Yohanan is not meekly accepted by the Gemara.
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It was a classic illustration of the first Mishna in the Gemara Gittin, the opening law of the Talmudic tractate dealing with divorce:
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The unspoken question to which the Gemara is responding and to which the Mishnah in its time responded is: what is the meaning of the biblical text such that it chooses to repeat the word "jealous" in a slightly altered form in our passage?
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At this point in the sugya, (n5) still at the very beginning of our consideration of the Mishnah, the Gemara asserts the conclusion that it is forbidden to issue such a warning.
Academic text (2001)
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Gemara comes from an old Aramaic word gamar, meaning 'to finish' or 'complete'. So the Gemara is the part of the Talmud that 'completes' the Mishna by discussing and explaining its laws.