Wild Card
What is a דין?
Law
Define Torah Shebeal Peh in English
Oral Torah
Where did Moses receive the two Torahs?
Har Sinai
A halachkic dispute or disagreement
מַחְלֹקֶת
The written down version of the oral Torah
משנה
Name the books of the Torah.
בְּרֵאשִׁית
שְׁמוֹת
וַיִּקְרָא
בְּמִדְבַּר
דְּבָרִים
How many סדרים are in the Mishna?
Six
What is the Mishna?
It is a lawbook/guidebook to our lives, explaining Torah.
What are סדרים?
Orders in the Mishna
The verb shanah (שנה) literally means
To repeat
What works are included in the Torah Shebichtav?
The Tanach of Torah (5 books of Moses), Nevvim (Prophets), Ketuvim (Writings).
Why was the Oral Torah written down?
People were beginning to forget the stories and it was becoming too hard to memorize.
How does the Oral Torah relate to the written Torah?
The Oral Torah explains the written Torah?
תנא
A rabbi in the Mishna, the anonymous speaker
Define הלכה
Jewish law
What is a פְּרוֹזְבּוּל?
A document that allows the cancellation of debts on the Sabbatical year.
Who compiled the משנה?
יהודה הנשיא
Which Mishna tells us how Moshe received the Torah?
Pirkei Avot 1:1
A seder is divided into several if these...
מסכתות
A mesechta is divided into several of these
פרקים
What is a takkana?
Is a major legislative enactment within halakha (Jewish law), the normative system of Judaism's laws. IE: You are allowed to change the law and modernize Judaism as the world changes.
How many Seders are in the Mishna?
63
?תּנא קמא Who is the
The first opinion. Often, an anonymous תּנא; potentially, Yehuda Ha-Nasi
בָּרַיְיתָא What is a
"Outsider" or text that didn't make it into the cannon of the Mishna.
A law from the Rabbis.
דרבּנן