mishnah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

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The oldest part of the Talmud, rabbinical writings collected by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and published in 250 C.E. in Javneh (יבנה, in Israel).

"The Mishnah is believed by Jews to have been handed down orally from the prophet Moses, who received it on Mount Sinai with the written Torah."

Borrowed from Hebrew מִשְׁנָה (mišnāh, “repetition, oral law”), from שָׁנָה (šānāh, “to repeat, teach”).

Mischna (alternative) Mishna (alternative)

Mishnaic Mishnic Mishnical

Torah

the Oral Torah

Questions

What does mishnah mean?

The oldest part of the Talmud, rabbinical writings collected by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and published in 250 C.E. in Javneh (יבנה, in Israel).

Where does mishnah come from?

It is traced to Hebrew.

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