The Mishnah
The Talmud
Organization
People and Eras
Misc.
100
How many orders are in The Mishnah?
6
100
The Talmud consists on what two parts?
Mishnah and Gemara
100
What is the term for a chapter in Mishnah and Talmud?
Perek
100
Which era of Sages is the Mishnah from?
Tannaim תנאים
100
What is the term for the Oral/Spoken Torah?
Torah Sh'bal Peh
200
Who wrote the Mishnah?
Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi
200
What are two other terms commonly used to refer to the Talmud?
Shas and Gemara
200

What is the Hebrew word for a volume of Talmud?

Maseches מסכת

200
The sugyot are the discussion of which era of sages?
Amoraim
200

BONUS

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300
What is the acronym with the first letter of all 6 orders of the Mishnah?
ZMNNKT
300
What language differentiates the Gemara from the Mishnah?
The Gemara is in Aramaic whereas the Mishnah is in Hebrew
300
What is the term for a page of Talmud?
דף Daf
300
Where on the Talmudic page would I find Rashi’s commentary?
Inside margin
300

When we say, "The gemara says" who is actually talking?

An Amora is saying this

400

What is the term for the statements/bits of Oral Torah not in the Mishnah?

Baraisos ברייתות

400
Explain the meaning of the word sugya.
Sugyot are the discussions of the Amoraim on the Mishnah. They were collected and organized in to the Gemara.
400
What is the term for one side of a page in the Talmud?
עמוד Amud
400

Which of the two Talmuds is normally the source that our Shulchan Aruch and halachos come, today?

The Talmud Bavli

400
What is the term צורת הדף?
The page format or layout; with the Vilna Shas all printings of the Talmud started to have the same page layout
500
What is the שרש of the word Mishnah and what does it mean?
שנה means to repeat
500
How did the Amoraim analyze the Mishnayos in their discussion?
The Amoraim sought to a) show how different Mishnayot can fit together, b) find evidence for bits of Oral Torah in the Written Torah, and c) compare the Mishnayot with Baraitot.
500

How do you say (read) :קד?

Daf Kuf daled amud beis (104b)

500
Why is it that the Oral/Spoken Torah was gradually written down in part?
The persecutions throughout the centuries, especially by the Romans, made it difficult to study and remember the Oral Torah, so the Sages began to write it down.
500
Where on the page should a person look if they want to know how a sugya turns into practical halacha?
Ein Mishpat Ner Mitzva is the "hyperlink" to the Sifrei Halacha which tell us how to do the mitzvot
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