תורה שבכתב
Define Torah Shebichtav in English
Written Torah
Define Torah Shebeal Peh in English
Oral Torah
Where did Moses receive the two Torahs?
Har Sinai
A halachic 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.
Collection of oral traditions
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 is Torah (5 books of Moses/Chumash), Neviim (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 details of the written Torah, and has a bunch of other stuff too
תנא
A rabbi in the Mishna, the anonymous speaker
Define הלכה
Jewish law
How many books are in the Tanach?
24 (could also be counted as 39)
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 of these...
מסכתות
A masechet is divided into several of these
פרקים
Explain the whole breakdown of books in the Tanakh (Tanakh is split into x, which is split up into y, which is divided up into z, and so on...)
Tanakh > Torah/Neviim/Ketuvim > Sefarim (books) > Perakim (chapters) or Parashiot in the Torah > Pesukim (verses)
How many Seders are in the Mishna?
6
?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