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| - The Mishnah (Hebrew משנה, "repetition") is the first work of Rabbinic Judaism and a major source of their religious texts, compiled c. 200 AD. It is the first recording of the oral law of the Jewish people, as championed by the Pharisees. By this time, most of Christianity had become a distinct religion from Judaism. A minority of religious Jews, the Karaite sect, do not accept the Mishnah, nor the later Talmuds.
- The Mishnah is one of the first collections of rabbinical commentary on the Tanakh. It is a collection of explanations and interpretations of the sacred texts. It was codified in about the year 200 CE. Together the Mishnah and the Gemara (codified about 300 years later) form the Talmud. Alternative spelling: Mishna, Hebrew: משנה The six orders [of the Mishnah] are:
- The Mishnah or Mishna (משנה, "repetition", from the verb shanah שנה, or "to study and review") is a major work of Rabbinic Judaism, and the first major redaction into written form of Jewish oral traditions, called the Oral Torah. The word "Mishnah" also means "Secondary" (derived from the adj. שני), and the Greek name Deuterosis means "repetition". It is thus named for being both the one written authority (codex) secondary (only) to the Tanakh as a basis for the passing of judgement, a source and a tool for creating laws, and the first of many books to complement the Bible in a certain aspect. The Mishnah does so by presenting actual cases being brought to judgement, usually presents the debate on the matter as it was, and relays the judgement which was given by a wise and notable rabbi, b
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| - The Mishnah is one of the first collections of rabbinical commentary on the Tanakh. It is a collection of explanations and interpretations of the sacred texts. It was codified in about the year 200 CE. Together the Mishnah and the Gemara (codified about 300 years later) form the Talmud. Alternative spelling: Mishna, Hebrew: משנה The six orders [of the Mishnah] are:
* Zeraim ("Seeds"), dealing with prayer and blessings, tithes and agricultural laws (11 tractates)
* Moed ("Festival"), pertaining to the laws of the Sabbath and the Festivals (12 tractates)
* Nashim ("Women"), concerning marriage and divorce, some forms of oaths and the laws of the nazirite (7 tractates)
* Nezikin ("Damages"), dealing with civil and criminal law, the functioning of the courts and oaths (10 tractates)
* Kodashim ("Holy things"), regarding sacrificial rites, the Temple, and the dietary laws (11 tractates) and
* Tohorot ("Purities"), pertaining to the laws of purity and impurity, including the impurity of the dead, the laws of food purity and bodily purity (12 tractates).
- The Mishnah (Hebrew משנה, "repetition") is the first work of Rabbinic Judaism and a major source of their religious texts, compiled c. 200 AD. It is the first recording of the oral law of the Jewish people, as championed by the Pharisees. By this time, most of Christianity had become a distinct religion from Judaism. A minority of religious Jews, the Karaite sect, do not accept the Mishnah, nor the later Talmuds.
- The Mishnah or Mishna (משנה, "repetition", from the verb shanah שנה, or "to study and review") is a major work of Rabbinic Judaism, and the first major redaction into written form of Jewish oral traditions, called the Oral Torah. The word "Mishnah" also means "Secondary" (derived from the adj. שני), and the Greek name Deuterosis means "repetition". It is thus named for being both the one written authority (codex) secondary (only) to the Tanakh as a basis for the passing of judgement, a source and a tool for creating laws, and the first of many books to complement the Bible in a certain aspect. The Mishnah does so by presenting actual cases being brought to judgement, usually presents the debate on the matter as it was, and relays the judgement which was given by a wise and notable rabbi, based on the rules, Mitzvot, and spirit of the "Torah" which guided his sentencing, thus bringing to every-day reality the rules and the practice or adherence of the "mitzvot" as presented in the Bible. In other words, the Mishnah teaches strictly by example and is case-based, though associative in structure, it aimed to cover all aspects of human living, set an example in its own for future judgements and, most importantly, demonstrate pragmatic exercise of the biblical laws, which was much needed at the time when the Second Temple was destroyed. The Mishnah reflects debates between 70-200 CE by the group of rabbinic sages known as the Tannaim and redacted about 200 CE by Judah haNasi when, according to the Talmud, the persecution of the Jews and the passage of time raised the possibility that the details of the oral traditions would be forgotten. The oral traditions that are the subject of the Mishnah go back to earlier, Pharisaic times. The Mishnah does not claim to be the development of new laws, but merely the collection of existing traditions. The Mishnah is considered to be the first important work of Rabbinic Judaism and is a major source of later rabbinic religious thought. Rabbinic commentaries on the Mishnah over the next three centuries were redacted as the Gemara.
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