Gemara

American  

[guh-mahr-uh, guh-mah-rah, guh-maw-ruh] / gəˈmɑr ə, gə mɑˈrɑ, gəˈmɔ rə /

noun

1. the section of the Talmud consisting essentially of commentary on the Mishnah.

2. the Talmud.

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Gemara British  

/ ɡɛˈmɔrə, ɡɛmaˈra /

noun

1. Judaism the main body of the Talmud, consisting of a record of ancient rabbinical debates about the interpretation of the Mishna and constituting the primary source of Jewish religious law See also Talmud

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Other Word Forms

• Gemaric adjective
• Gemarist noun

Etymology

Origin of Gemara

C17: from Aramaic gemārā completion, from gemār to complete

Example Sentences

Rachel Gemara, an oncology nurse who volunteered to treat Even and other covid-19 patients in the ward, described the difficulties of delivering care to the infected to the Jewish Journal.

From Washington Post

The Gemara The Gemara, which in Aramaic means "to study and to know" is a collection of scholarly discussions on Jewish law dating from around 200 to 500AD.

From BBC

These are always printed in the editions on the same page as the Mishnah and Gemara, the whole, with various other matter, filling generally about 12 folio volumes.

From Project Gutenberg

Gemara, ge-m�r′a, n. the second part of the Talmud, consisting of commentary and complement to the first part, the Mishna.

From Project Gutenberg

The other day inside the synagogue, a solitary, white-bearded Hasid, Yesocher Wieder, 60, swayed over a page of the rabbinical commentary called Gemara, then rose and blew a shofar, a ram’s horn.

From New York Times