Word of Mouth
These Jewish teachings explain how to understand and put the laws of the Written Torah into practice.
What is Torah She-b'al Peh (Oral Torah)?
This major collection of rabbinic oral teachings is organized primarily by topic.
What is the Mishnah?
The Mishnah is divided into this many main orders.
What is six?
This term refers to rabbinic discussions and analysis of the Mishnah.
What is Gemara?
In Mishnah Berakhot 1:2, the word “Berakhot” identifies this part of the Mishnah.
What is the tractate?
The Oral Torah interprets and explains this earlier body of sacred Jewish texts.
What is Torah She-bichtav (Written Torah)?
This rabbi is credited with compiling and editing the Mishnah.
Who is Rabbi Judah Ha-Nasi?
This term describes one of the Mishnah's six large divisions.
What is an order (seder)?
Name all three major goals of Gemara discussions studied in class.
What are clarifying unclear language in the Mishnah, identifying relevant biblical legal sources, and deciding which opinions to follow as law?
In Mishnah Berakhot 1:2, the number 1 identifies this, and the number 2 identifies this.
What are chapter 1 and mishnah 2?
Even though we now have the Oral Torah in books, it is called “oral” because....
What is teachings were originally passed down through speaking and learning, from teacher to student?
The Mishnah was compiled around this year.
What is 200 CE?
This term refers to a smaller, topic-focused division within an order of the Mishnah.
What is a tractate (masechet)?
When you combine the Mishnah and Gemara, you get this text.
What is the Talmud?
Although the Mishnah has six of these, they are usually not written in short citations like Mishnah Berakhot 1:2.
What are orders?
According to Jewish tradition, the Oral Torah was originally given to this person.
Who is Moses?
This major event in 70 CE helped create the need to preserve Jewish oral teachings.
What is the destruction of the Second Temple?
Put these three levels of the Mishnah in order from largest to smallest: chapter, order, tractate.
What are order, tractate, chapter?
Gemara discussions developed in these two major centers of Jewish learning.
What are the Land of Israel and Babylonia?
In the Babylonian Talmud citation Berakhot 2a, the number 2 and letter a identify these two things.
What are folio 2 and side a?
Name the first major collection of Oral Torah and the later texts based on it.
What are the Mishnah and the Talmuds?
Rabbi Judah Ha-Nasi collected and organized earlier oral teachings for this important purpose.
What is to preserve and teach Jewish laws and traditions for future generations?
Starting with the largest division, name the four levels used to organize the Mishnah.
What are orders, tractates, chapters, and individual mishnayot?
The names for the two Talmuds
Babylonian Talmud (Talmud Bavli) and Jerusalem Talmud (Talmud Yerushalmi)
Name the three main components of a typical Mishnah citation, in order.
What are tractate, chapter, and mishnah number?