Mishnah

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Borrowed from Hebrew מִשְׁנָה (mišnāh, repetition, oral law), from שָׁנָה (šānāh, to repeat, teach).

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Mishnah

  1. The oldest part of the Talmud, rabbinical writings collected by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and published in 250 C.E. in Javneh (יבנה, in Israel).
    The Mishnah 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.

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