Mishnah

noun

Mish·​nah ˈmish-nə How to pronounce Mishnah (audio)
variants or Mishna
: the collection of mostly halachic Jewish traditions compiled about a.d. 200 and made the basic part of the Talmud
Mishnaic adjective

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The application includes the complete Babylonian Talmud, the five books of the Torah, the six books of the Mishnah and dozens of other Jewish books and writings. Daniel Edelson, Sun Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2024 Modern technologies such as generative AI threaten to make 21st-century Americans like the woman in the Mishnah: Deprived of purpose, convinced that our creative output is useless because a computer can produce a result that is sometimes just as good, or even better. Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2024 Shavuot became a time to celebrate the study of the Torah and its many rabbinic commentaries, including the Mishnah and the Talmud. Laura Yares, The Conversation, 22 May 2023

Word History

Etymology

Hebrew mishnāh instruction, oral law

First Known Use

1610, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Mishnah was in 1610

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“Mishnah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mishnah. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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