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Rabbis. Abba Arika Gamaliel I Jeremiah Samuel bar Abba
Abtalion _______ II Johanan bar Nappacha ______ the Small
Acha bar Jacob _______ III ________ ben Zakkai ______ ben Nachmani
Alexandri Jonathan ben Eleazar Shammai
Aqiba ben Joseph Hanan ha Nechba José ben Halaphta Shemaiah
cHanania ben Teradion ____ the Priest Shila
Dosa ben Harkinas c...
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Simeon the Just 140 BCE high priest ;
Simeon ben Shetach 80-50 BCE led Pharisees
to power ;
cHoni the Circle-drawer 60-50 BCE wonder-worker ;
Abtalion 60-30 BCE taught 7 ;
Shemaiah 50-30 BCE taught 7 ;
Shammai 40 BCE- rigorist ;
20 CE rival of 7 ;
HILLEL (the elder) 30 BCE- forms middoth ;
20 CE school prevails ;
Hilkiah 20-10 BCE wonder-worke...
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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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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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A Brief Explaination of Rashi's Commentary on the Talmud. Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac (or: Shlomo Yitzhaki) is known by the acronym: RaSh"I[Commentaries][Rabinnical Works]...
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A Brief Explaination. The Tosafot were composed by many scholars in different schools throughout the 12th and 13th centuries. The word "Tosafot" translates as "additions" or "supplements." [Commentaries][Rabinnical Works]...
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