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by wickedwillie on January 5th, 2004

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What is "Misjna"?

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  • by TShilo12 on April 30th, 2004

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    "Mishna" or "Mishnah", as the word is more often transliterated into English means "repetition", and refers to the sum of Jewish oral tradition, especially in reference to topics dealing with traditions regarding narrower or "more specific" interpretations and applications of the sometimes vague mandates found in Torah (the "Books of Moses", i.e. the first 5 books of the Bible, to wit: Genesis (B'reshit), Exodus (Shmot), Leviticus (Vayiqra), Numbers (Bamidbar), and Deuteronomy (Dvarim).

    This body of tradition was redacted into, and forms the essential core of, the Talmud. (The other part of the core of Talmud is the "Gemara", a further (and quite larger) set of tradition and interpretation, forming another "outer" layer of Mishna (in the sense of "repetition" again...)

    A much more detailed description of Mishna can be found by visiting http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Mishnah . The concepts and contents of the Mishna are also reviewed in great depth on various websites around the net, many of which can be found by visiting the resources listed at http://uscj.org/mid-continent/eauclaire/jl-judaism.htm , especially under Jewish Texts section.

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