Section of the Talmud that consists of extensive commentaries on the Mishna.

Collection of legal discussions. The later part of the Talmud Gitten Go to of page tractate in the Talmud discussing primarily divorce law Glossary for Press back on your browser to return to where you came from

Aramaic, "completion" -- the second and supplementary part of the Talmud, providing a commentary on the Mishna, or first part.

(lit. learning, from the Aramaic) the later part of the Talmud, which expands upon the Mishna

Discussion and rulings forming part of the Babylonian and Palestinian Talmud. The Oral Law.

the Babylonian Talmud, the edition developed in Babylonia, and edited at end of the fifth century C.E.

(Hebrew, "completion"). Commentary on the Mishnah. The Gemara and the Mishnah constitute the Talmud. See Jewish Texts: Talmud.

Explanations on the mishna; written in Aramaic.

Often used synonymously with Talmud although in fact the Talmud contains both the Gemara and the Mishna. The Gemara is the compendium of rabbinic thought collected and redacted in Babylon between 200 and 500 CE. Study of the Gemara is defined as the essential activity of a learned Jew.

(ge·MA·ra). The part of the Talmud which consists of commentary about the Mishna developed by scholars known as Amoriam.

Second part of the Talmud; commentary on the Mishnah (q.v.).

the second part of the Talmud consisting primarily of commentary on the Mishna

Completion. The discussion on the Mishnah

(guh-MAH-ah) The Aramaic word for “learning” or “completion,” it is the commentary on the Mishnah (Oral Torah); the Mishnah, together with the Gemara comprises the Talmud.

(Lit. "Completion") A compilation of rabbinical commentaries on the Mishnah. Written down by A.D. 500. See Also Talmud.

(Aram.): that part of the *Talmud that discusses and explains the *mishnah; (b) loosely, the *Talmud as a whole

Commentaries on the Mishneh -- the Mishneh and Commentaries together form the Talmud, the rabbinic writings.

A collection of discussions and elaborations which, together with Mishna combined, are called Talmud. Mishna was completed by Judah the Prince as a code of laws and a textbook. Gemara is a collection of discussions of Mishna

one of the portions of the Talmud; the elucidation of the Mishnah, and the discussion of related concepts by the Sages

(Aram.): see * Talmud

(Hebrew for "completion") Popularly applied to the Jewish Talmud as a whole, to discussions by rabbinic teachers on Mishnah, and to decisions reached in these discussions; in a more restricted sense, it applies to the work of the generations of the Amoraim from the third through the fifth centuries C.E. in "completing" Mishnah to produce the Talmuds.

(g'-MAHR-uh) Commentaries on the Mishnah. The Mishnah and Gemara together are the Talmud.

( Aramaic): Interpretations and explanations of the Mishnah; see Talmud.

The Gemara (also Gemorah) ('גמרא' - from gamar: Hebrew "[to] complete"; Aramaic "[to] study") is the part of the Talmud that contains rabbinical commentaries and analysis of its predecessor, the Mishnah. After this core text was finalized by Rabbi Judah the Prince (c. 200 CE), it was studied exhaustively by generation after generation of rabbis in Babylonia and the Land of Israel. Their discussions were written down in the series of books that became the Gemara, which when combined with the Mishnah completes the Talmud.