Mishnah
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- noun
- /ˈmɪʃnə/
- In rabbinic circles, the Mishnah gradually became identified as a revelatory tradition, the Oral Torah received in tandem with the written Torah on Sinai.
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Watch on YouTubeIt can be in the Mishnah or the Mishnah is before the Talmud, but it's still in the interpretation of the law, OK.
- It can be in the Mishnah or the Mishnah is before the Talmud, but it's still in the interpretation of the law, OK.
Examples
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The first of these commentaries is called the Mishnah, our code of law.
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The Gemara now focuses on the text of the Mishnah itself.
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However, if one goes ahead and gives such a warning, then the regulations described in the Mishnah come into force.
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So what else is new?" He quotes from the Mishnah in Hebrew.
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In this light, the Mishnah's understanding of the biblical text is the intended meaning of the Bible at that time.
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Avos, the collected moral precepts of the Mishnah: all Jews have a place in the world to come.
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The Mishnah ends with a brief elaboration of the consequences of the death of a husband immediately before the Sotah ceremony.
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And, broadly speaking, Mishnah plus Gemarah constitute the Talmud.
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He studied the Torah, the Talmud, the Mishnah-- the whole thing.
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The Mishnah contains essential teachings that guide Jewish law and ethics.
Synonyms
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A book of early Jewish teachings that forms the basis of religious law
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mishnah comes from the Hebrew root sh-n-n, which means 'to repeat' or 'to learn by heart'. It was named this because these laws and sayings were passed on by repeating them, and later written down as the first main collection of Jewish oral teaching.