Mishnah

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The Mishnah is the foundational written compilation of Jewish oral law that underpins the Talmud and later rabbinic legal tradition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish legal text
compilation of oral law
foundational text of Rabbinic Judaism
rabbinic text
alsoKnownAs Mishna
linked to: Mishnah

משנה
approximateDateOfRedaction c. 200 CE
early 3rd century CE
approximateNumberOfTractates 63
authorityIn Conservative Judaism
Orthodox Judaism
basisFor Halakha
Talmud
canonicalStatus central text of Rabbinic Judaism
commentedOnBy Gemara
linked to: Talmud
compiledBy Judah ha-Nasi
contains tractates
countryOfOrigin Land of Israel
linked to: Palestine
genre halakhic text
legal code
hasPart Kodashim
Moed
linked to: Chol HaMoed

Nashim
Nezikin
Tohorot
linked to: Kodashim

Zeraim
linked to: Mishnah
influenced Babylonian Talmud
linked to: Talmud

Jerusalem Talmud
linked to: Talmud

later rabbinic literature
inspiredBy teachings of the Tannaim
language Mishnaic Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
numberOfOrders 6
partOf Oral Torah
linked to: Talmud
precedes Gemara
linked to: Talmud
primaryFunction codification of Jewish oral law
redactor Judah ha-Nasi
regionOfOrigin Roman Palestine
linked to: Judea
relatedWork Midrash Halakha
linked to: Midrash halakha

Tosefta
religion Judaism
structure six orders
studiedAlongWith Tosefta
subjectMatter Jewish law
agricultural laws
civil law
criminal and civil damages
family law
religious practice
ritual purity
timePeriodOfSources c. 1st–2nd centuries CE
tradition Tannaitic literature
transmittedFrom earlier oral traditions
usedIn Jewish legal decision-making
yeshiva study

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Judaism hasLegalText Mishnah
Talmud hasPart Mishnah
Talmud developedFrom Oral Torah
linked to: Mishnah
Halakha derivedFrom Oral Torah
linked to: Mishnah
Halakha derivedFrom Mishnah
Hebrew usedInText Mishnah
Mishnah alsoKnownAs Mishna
linked to: Mishnah
Mishnah hasPart Zeraim
linked to: Mishnah
Karaite Jews rejects Oral Torah
linked to: Mishnah
Karaite Jews rejects Mishnah
If Not Now, When? titleOrigin Pirkei Avot 1:14
linked to: Mishnah
Rabbinic Judaism hasCoreText Mishnah
Rabbinic Judaism hasConcept Oral Torah
linked to: Mishnah
Yom Tov codifiedIn Mishnah
subject linked to: Yom Tov (Jewish festival days)
Midrash halakha relatedConcept Oral Torah
linked to: Mishnah
Sefer Yetzirah hasPart Mishnayot
linked to: Mishnah
Haggadah relatedText Mishnah
Midrash relatedTo Mishnah
pikuach nefesh discussedIn tractate Yoma
linked to: Mishnah
Pharisees influenced Mishnah
Tosefta isParallelTo Mishnah
Tosefta supplements Mishnah
Judah ha-Nasi work Mishnah
Judah ha-Nasi associatedWith Oral Torah
linked to: Mishnah
Kodashim partOf Mishnah
Amoraic period basedOn Mishnah
Amoraim fieldOfWork Oral Torah
linked to: Mishnah
Amoraim basedOn Mishnah
Tomb of Benei Hezir mentionedIn Mishnah (Middot) by tradition
linked to: Mishnah
Gezerot sourceText Mishnah
Gezerot discussedIn Tractate Shabbat
linked to: Mishnah
Gezerot discussedIn Tractate Avodah Zarah
linked to: Mishnah
Tikkun Olam appearsIn Mishnah
Rabbi Akiva mentionedIn Pirkei Avot
linked to: Mishnah
Tannaim coreText Mishnah
Machloket occursIn Mishnah
Machloket hasSourceText Pirkei Avot 5:17
linked to: Mishnah
Sifre Devarim associatedWith Oral Torah
linked to: Mishnah
Rashbi mentionedIn Mishnah
Mishnah Berakhot partOf Mishnah
Maaseh Bereshit describedIn Mishnah Chagigah 2:1
linked to: Mishnah
Commentary on the Mishnah covers Zeraim
linked to: Mishnah