Books
What is the Talmud?
Gemara and Mishnah with Extra Commentary
What is the Torah Shebichtav?
Written law which is the Torah
What are Rabbinic Laws also known as?
Chalacha
What is a Mitzvah?
A commandment
How do you spell Mitzvah in Hebrew?
מצוה
What is the Tanakh?
The Tanakh is made up of the Torah, Nevi’im (Prophets) and Ketuvim (Writings).
What collection of writings is the Torah in?
The Tanakh.
What is D’Rabbanan?
Laws from the Rabbis
What is a Mitzvot Bein Adam L’Makon?
Commandments People Do for God
How do you spell Misnah in Hebrew?
משנה
What is the second division of the Hebrew Bible?
Neviim
What is the Oral Torah written down?
Mishnah
What is Gezeira?
A rabbinical enactment issued as a guard or preventive measure
What are affirmative commandments from the Torah also known as?
Mitzvot Asah
What is a Brit?
A Jewish Covenant or Jewish Agreement.
What is the Gemara?
Commentary on the Mishnah
What is a D’Oraita?
A law that is based directly on the Torah
Who are Hazal?
Rabbis who give us Jewish Law
What are Hebrew laws that tell you what not to do?
Mitzvot Lo Taaseh
What is a Beit Din?
A rabbinical court that decides on cases dealing with Jewish Law.
What is another name for the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament?
The Tanakh.
What is a Siyag L’Torah?
Laws around the Torah's laws are not broken
What are the laws from the Rabbis called?
D’Rabbanan
What is a Mitzvot Lo Taaseh?
A mitzvot that tells you what not to do
What is the text of the scroll we read in services?
Written law which is the Torah