Gemara
the section of the Talmud consisting essentially of commentary on the Mishnah.
the Talmud.
Other words from Gemara
- Ge·ma·ric, adjective
- Ge·ma·rist, noun
Words Nearby Gemara
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How to use Gemara in a sentence
In course of time these comments and lectures were collected together into one work under the title of Gemara, completion.
The Religious Life of London | J. Ewing RitchieIt contains the complete civil and canonical law of the Jews, embracing the Mishna and Gemara.
The Chautauquan, Vol. III, February 1883 | The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific CircleThis vast after-growth or commentary was called Gemara, which means completion.
A Thousand Years of Jewish History | Maurice H. (Maurice Henry) HarrisThese same two classes of material, the legal and the narrative, characterize the Gemara.
A Thousand Years of Jewish History | Maurice H. (Maurice Henry) HarrisThe Mishna is written in Hebrew, and so too are some of the older quotations in the Gemara.
A Thousand Years of Jewish History | Maurice H. (Maurice Henry) Harris
British Dictionary definitions for Gemara
/ (ɡɛˈmɔrə, Hebrew ɡɛmaˈra) /
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
Origin of Gemara
1Derived forms of Gemara
- Gemaric, adjective
- Gemarist, noun
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