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- Hebrew · borrowed fromמִשְׁנָה“repetition, oral law”
- English todayMishnah
Borrowed from Hebrew מִשְׁנָה (mišnāh, “repetition, oral law”), from שָׁנָה (šānāh, “to repeat, teach”).
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Mishnah
Today it means: 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). Full definition →
Hebrew מִשְׁנָה