Mishnah
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n. An authoritative collection of exegetical material embodying the Oral Law and forming the first part of the Talmud.
n. (generally uncapitalized) A part, section, or piece of the Mishnah.
Example Sentences
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"Most passages in the Mishnah contain a dispute between different rabbinic sages." (source)
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"Bli neder, I'll learn some mishnayos, but I can't take achraius for anyone else." (Weiser)
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"The whole school is learning Mishna Sukka in memory of Rabbi Rosen." (Glinert)
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Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
Etymology
מִשְׁנָה
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
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- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- View More
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
- Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
- Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow
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Alternative Spellings
Mishna
Notes
plural: 'mishnayot', 'mishnayes', or 'mishnayos'
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