Mishna

English

Alternative forms

• Mischna
• Mishnah

Etymology

From Hebrew משנה (Mishnah, “repetition, oral law”), from שנה (shnah, “to repeat, teach”)

Proper noun

Mishna

1. The oldest part of the Talmud, rabbinical writings collected by Rabbi Judah the Holy and published in 250 CE in Javneh (Jamnia, in Israel).

   'The Mishna is believed by Jews to have been handed down orally from the patriarch-prophet Moses, who received it on Mount Sinai with the written Torah.

Derived terms

• Mishnaic, Mishnic, Mishnical (adjectives)

Synonyms

• the Oral Torah

See also

• Torah

Anagrams

• minahs