six orders of the Mishna

six orders of the Mishna
six major topics of a Jewish religious book (sowing, festival rites, women, damages, holiest days, and purification rites)

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  • Mishna — or Mishnah [mish′nä] n. pl. Mishnayot [mish΄nä yōt′] 〚Heb mishna, lit., (oral) instruction < root šnh, to repeat, (later) learn, teach〛 1. the first part of the Talmud, containing traditional oral interpretations of scriptural ordin …   Universalium

  • Commentaries on the Bible — • Includes: I. Jewish Commentaries; II. Patristic; III. Medieval; IV. Modern Catholic; and V. Non Catholic Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Commentaries on the Bible     Commentaries on the Bible …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • History of the Jews —     History of the Jews     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of the Jews     (Yehúd m; Ioudaismos).     Of the two terms, Jews and Judaism, the former denotes usually the Israelites or descendants of Jacob (Israel) in contrast to Gentile races;… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Judah ha-Nasi — /hah nah see / A.D. c135 c210, Jewish rabbi and scholar. Also, Judah Hanasi. Also called Judah I. * * * born AD 135 died с 220 Palestinian Jewish scholar. A descendant of the great sage Hillel, he was patriarch of the Jewish community in… …   Universalium

  • Hanoch Albeck — (1890 1972) was a professor of Talmud at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. He was one of the foremost scholars of the Mishna in his time and he was one of the founders of the scientific approach to the study of the Mishna.Hanooch s… …   Wikipedia

  • Kodashim — This page is about Kodashim, a section of the mishnah. See Kedoshim (parsha) for the Torah portion by that name. Kodashim or Qodhashim (Hebrew קדשים, Holy Things) is the fifth Order in the Mishna (also the Tosefta and Talmud). Of the six Orders… …   Wikipedia

  • Hanoch Albeck — (1890 1972) Hanoch Albeck (en hébreu :חנוך אלבק, né le 7 août 1890 à Lowicz et décédé le 9 janvier 1972 à Jérusalem) était un professeur de sciences talmudiques à l Université hébraïque de Jérusalem. Il était l un des plus grands… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Nashim — (Hebrew: נשים) ( Women or Wives ) is the third order of the Mishnah (also of the Tosefta and Talmud), containing the laws related to women and family life. Of the six orders of the Mishna, it is the second shortest. Nashim consists of 7 tractates …   Wikipedia

  • Moed — (Hebrew: מועד) ( Festivals ) is the second Order of the Mishnah, the first written recording of the Oral Torah of the Jewish people (also the Tosefta and Talmud). Of the six orders of the Mishna, Moed is the third shortest. The order of Moed… …   Wikipedia

  • Chanoch Albeck — (1955) Chanoch Albeck (* 17. August 1890 in Lowicz, Polen; † 9. Januar 1972 in Jerusalem) war ein bedeutender jüdischer Gelehrter und der herausragendste Mischna Forscher seiner Zeit …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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