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The Mishnah - Writing Down Jewish Law | The Jewish Story | Unpacked

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What's the Mishnah, and what does "Mishnah" mean anyway? ✡ Introduction to the Mishnah 1/4

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What is the Mishnah? Jewish Book of Oral Torah / Oral Law Explained

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Where Does it say Judah the Prince Wrote the Mishnah?

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Introduction to Rabbinic Literature, 9: Mishna - Lessons of Adayoth

The Mishnah or Mishna is the first major written collection of the Jewish oral traditions known as the "Oral Torah". It is also the first major work of Rabbinic literature. The Mishnah was redacted by Judah the Prince at the beginning of the third century CE in a time when, according to the Talmud, the persecution of the Jews and the passage of time raised the possibility that the details of the oral traditions of the Pharisees from the Second Temple period would be forgotten. Most of the Mishnah is written in Mishnaic Hebrew, while some parts are Aramaic.
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