Rabbinical Works

Tosafot Yeshanim the 13th century

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Talmud - Page Number

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Rabbenu Gershom (Mainz Commentary)

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Talmud - Tractate Name

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The Mishnah - A Brief Explaination

The Hebrew root "ShNH" means "to repeat," and refers to memorization by repetition. Mishnah can refer in a general way to the full tradition of the Oral Torah, as formulated by the Rabbis in the first centuries of the Common Era. These traditions could not be written down, but had to be transmitted and learned by word of mouth. [Texts][Rabinnical W...

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Tosefot RI"D 13th century

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Talmud - Chapter Number

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The Gemara (Talmud) - A Brief Explanation

The Gemara (Tamud) both are synonymous and derive from words meaning "study" or "learning." "Talmud" is Hebrew, whereas "Gemara" (in the present sense) is found only in the Aramaic dialect of the Babylonian Talmud. The Talmud is composed in a mixture of Hebrew and Aramaic (which was the spoken vernacular of Babylonian Jews). The Talmud is a comment...

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Shittah Mequbbetzet 16th century

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Talmud - Chapter Name

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