Definitions for Mishnah
ˈmɪʃ nə, mɪʃˈnɑ; ˌmɪʃ nɑˈyɔtmish·nah

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1. Mishna, Mishnahnoun

   the first part of the Talmud; a collection of early oral interpretations of the scriptures that was compiled about AD 200

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1. Mishnah

   The Mishnah or the Mishna (; Hebrew: מִשְׁנָה, "study by repetition", from the verb shanah שנה‎, or "to study and review", also "secondary") is the first major written collection of the Jewish oral traditions that are known as the Oral Torah. It is also the first major work of rabbinic literature. The Mishnah was redacted by Judah ha-Nasi probably in Beit Shearim or Sepphoris at the beginning of the 3rd century CE in a time 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 of the Pharisees from the Second Temple period (516 BCE – 70 CE) would be forgotten. Most of the Mishnah is written in Mishnaic Hebrew, but some parts are in Aramaic. The Mishnah consists of six orders (sedarim, singular seder סדר), each containing 7–12 tractates (masechtot, singular masechet מסכת; lit. "web"), 63 in total, and further subdivided into chapters and paragraphs. The word Mishnah can also indicate a single paragraph of the work, i.e. the smallest unit of structure in the Mishnah. For this reason the whole work is sometimes referred to in the plural form, Mishnayot.

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1. mishnah

   The Mishnah is a central Jewish text that forms part of the Torah. Written in Hebrew, it was codified around 200 CE by Rabbi Judah the Prince and serves as the initial written record of the Oral Law that Jews believe was passed down from Moses. It provides extensive guidance on a wide range of topics, including religious practices, ethics, social issues, and civil law. The Mishnah, together with the Gemara (a subsequent rabbinic commentary), form the Talmud, another primary text in Jewish tradition.

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1. Mishnah

   The Mishnah or Mishna is the first major written redaction of the Jewish oral traditions called the "Oral Torah". It is also the first major work of Rabbinic Judaism. It was redacted 220 CE by Rabbi Yehudah 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 dating from Pharisaic times (536 BCE – 70 CE) would be forgotten. It is thus named for being both the one written authority (codex) secondary (only) to the Tanakh as a basis for the passing of judgment, a source and a tool for creating laws, and the first of many books to complement the Bible in certain aspects. The Mishnah is also called Shas (an acronym for Shisha Sedarim – the "six orders"), in reference to its six main divisions. Rabbinic commentaries on the Mishnah over the next three centuries were redacted as the Gemara, which, coupled with the Mishnah, make up the Talmud. Unlike the Gemara, which is written primarily in Aramaic, the majority of the Mishnah is written in Hebrew. European scholars over the past 1,000 years have termed this variety of the language "Mishnaic Hebrew."

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1. Mishnah

   Mishna, mish′na, n. a great collection of halachoth, comprising the body of the 'Oral Law,' or the juridico-political, civil, and religious code of the Jews; it forms one of the divisions of the Talmud—the 'Gemara,' or commentary on the Mishna, being the other; and it was finally redacted at Tiberias in 220 A.D.:—pl. Mish′noth.—adjs. Mishnā′ic, Mish′nic. [Heb.,—shānāh, to repeat.]

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   The numerical value of Mishnah in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

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   The numerical value of Mishnah in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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