Mishnah

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Mish⋅nah

[Eng., Ashk. Heb. mish-nuh; Seph. Heb. meesh-nah]

–noun, plural Mish⋅na⋅yoth, Mish⋅na⋅yot, Mish⋅na⋅yos [Eng., Ashk. Heb. mish-nuh-yohs; Seph. Heb. meesh-nah-yawt]

, English. Mish⋅nahs. Judaism.

1.	the collection of oral laws compiled about a.d. 200 by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and forming the basic part of the Talmud.

2.	an article or section of this collection.

Also, Mishna.

Origin:
1600–10; < Medieval Heb mishnāh lit., teaching by oral repetition

Related forms:

Mish⋅na⋅ic [mish-ney-ik]

, Mishnic, Mish⋅ni⋅cal, adjective

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Mish·nah also Mish·na (mĭsh'nə)

n. Judaism

The first section of the Talmud, being a collection of early oral interpretations of the scriptures as compiled about A.D. 200.
A paragraph from this section of the Talmud.
The teaching of a rabbi or other noted authority on Jewish laws.

[Mishnaic Hebrew mišnâ, repetition, instruction, from šānâ, to repeat; see ṯn in Semitic roots.]
Mish·na'ic (mĭsh-nā'ĭk) adj.

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