Mishna

English

Alternative forms

• Mischna
• Mishnah

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מִשְׁנָה (mišnāh, “repetition, oral law”), from שָׁנָה (šānāh, “to repeat, teach”).

Proper noun

Mishna

1. The oldest part of the Talmud, rabbinical writings collected by Rabbi Judah the Holy and published in 250 C.E. in Javneh (Jamnia, in Israel).

   The Mishna is believed by Jews to have been handed down orally from the patriarch-prophet Moses, who received it on Mount Sinai with the written Torah.

Synonyms

• the Oral Torah

Derived terms

• Mishnaic, Mishnic, Mishnical (adjectives)

See also

• Torah

Anagrams

• Ishman, hamsin, minahs, nshima