Mishnah

American  

[mish-nuh, meesh-nah] / ˈmɪʃ nə, miʃˈnɑ /

Or Mishna

noun

Judaism.

PLURAL

Mishnayoth, Mishnayot, Mishnayos

PLURAL

Mishnahs

1. the collection of oral laws compiled about a.d. 200 by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and forming the basic part of the Talmud.

2. an article or section of this collection.

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Other Word Forms

• Mishnaic adjective
• Mishnic adjective
• Mishnical adjective
• post-Mishnaic adjective
• post-Mishnic adjective
• post-Mishnical adjective

Etymology

Origin of Mishnah

First recorded in 1600–10, Mishnah is from the Medieval Hebrew word mishnāh literally, teaching by oral repetition

Example Sentences

Lander took his oath of office on a 500-year-old fragment of the Mishnah, an ancient Jewish text documenting oral traditions and laws.

From Seattle Times

Most of the younger attendees had spent the past month learning pieces of the Mishnah, a collection of Jewish oral traditions, in memory of Meyers.

From Washington Post

A low glass cabinet contained the full Mishnah.

From The New Yorker

Many more of the elements of today’s Seder are found in the Mishnah and the Talmud , and the evolution of the holiday meal is usually seen as a natural and purely Jewish process.

From Washington Post

He found a trove of clues in three codices of Jewish Law that were compiled millennia ago in Israel: the Mishnah, Tosefta, and the Jerusalem Talmud.

From National Geographic