Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The first section of the Talmud, being a collection of early oral interpretations of the scriptures as compiled about AD 200.
- noun A paragraph from this section of the Talmud.
- noun The teaching of a rabbi or other noted authority on Jewish laws.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Jewish lit., a collection of halachoth or binding precepts and legal decisions deduced by the ancient rabbis from the Pentateuch, and itself forming a second or oral law. See
halachah . - noun [lowercase; pl. mishnoth (mish′ noth).] A paragraph of the Mishnah.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Alternative spelling of
Mishna .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the first part of the Talmud; a collection of early oral interpretations of the scriptures that was compiled about AD 200
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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In the Talmud, you start with a Mishnah, which is a short summary of a given law, and then move to an exposition of the law.
Josh Fleet: Is Journalism Kosher? Josh Fleet 2010
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In the Talmud, you start with a Mishnah, which is a short summary of a given law, and then move to an exposition of the law.
Josh Fleet: Is Journalism Kosher? Josh Fleet 2010
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In the Talmud, you start with a Mishnah, which is a short summary of a given law, and then move to an exposition of the law.
Josh Fleet: Is Journalism Kosher? Josh Fleet 2010
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By 10-years-old, children were studying the Mishnah, which is commentary upon the Old Testament.
Menachem Wecker: Why Does Pastor Mark Driscoll Say Judaism Is Anti-Children? 2010
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While the Mishnah is the basis for Talmudic discussions, Ethics of the Fathers has no Talmudic discussions associated with it, at least none that I am aware of.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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While the Mishnah is the basis for Talmudic discussions, Ethics of the Fathers has no Talmudic discussions associated with it, at least none that I am aware of.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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This is a warning against self-righteous severity, as elaborated on in the Talmudic collection of commentary on Jewish custom and law called the Mishnah: "Do not judge your fellow until you are in his position" (Aboth 2: 5).
Michael Shermer: The Power of Positive Skepticism: A Reply to Deepak Chopra 2008
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But the men most closely associated with the compilation of the Mishnah were the Tannaim (from the root _tana_, which has the same meaning as _shana_).
Chapters on Jewish Literature Israel Abrahams 1891
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Moshe Basson's culinary roots stretch back through time from 200 CE, when the collection of Jewish oral law known as the Mishnah began to take shape - to the Jewish presence in Iraq, where his family lived till the 1950s - to the present time in Jerusalem.
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Moshe Basson's culinary roots stretch back through time from 200 CE, when the collection of Jewish oral law known as the Mishnah began to take shape - to the Jewish presence in Iraq, where his family lived till the 1950s - to the present time in Jerusalem.
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