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תורה שבעל פה
משנה
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
100

Start of a mishnah

 What is a רישא?

100

Define Torah Shebeal Peh in English

Oral Torah

100

What  Moshe received on Har Sinai

What are the Written and the Oral Torah

100

A halachkic dispute or disagreement

מַחְלֹקֶת

100

The written down version of the oral Torah

משנה

200

Name the books of the Torah. 

בְּרֵאשִׁית

שְׁמוֹת

וַיִּקְרָא

בְּמִדְבַּר

דְּבָרִים


200

There are six of these in the Mishnah

What are סדרים?

200

Your name and phone number might be considered a pretty good example of this

What is a סימן

200

It's the Mishnah's term for something that is considered ownerless or free for the taking

What is הֶפְקֵר

200

If you left your brand new iPhone on the subway before you even took it out of the box, you might feel this.

What is יֵאוּשׁ ?

300

The Tanach of Torah (5 books of Moses), Nevvim (Prophets), Ketuvim (Writings). 

What works are included in the Torah Shebichtav?

300

People were beginning to forget the teachings and it was becoming too hard to memorize.  

Why was the Oral Torah written down?

300

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Who is "Phreddy"

300

תנא

A rabbi in the Mishna, the anonymous speaker

300

Define הלכה

Jewish law

400

A document that allows the cancellation of debts on the Sabbatical year.

What is a פְּרוֹזְבּוּל?

400

יהודה הנשיא


Who compiled the משנה?

400

Which Mishna tells us how Moshe received the Torah?

Pirkei Avot 1:1 

400

A seder is divided into several of these...

?מסכתות What are 

400

A mesechta is divided into several of these

פרקים

500

The ideal way to fulfill a mitzvah/ preferred way



What is "לכתחילה"
500

63 (Not a typo of Liberman's Homeroom)

How many Sederim are in the Mishna?


500

The first opinion in a mishnah. Often, anonymous

 


תּנא קמא Who is the

500

A teaching of the Tannaim that didn't make it into the Mishnah

בָּרַיְיתָא What is a

500

A law from the Rabbis.

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