Vocabulary Of The Talmud

The Talmud is regarded as the sum of the Jewish oral tradition transmitted orally through the giving of the Torah at Sinai, according to its members ^{Terms introducing a quote}

It exists in the Talmud a system for determining the origin of an opinion from the word which introduces it:

Teachings of the doctors of the Mishnah

• Tanning ( "are taught"): quote of the Mishna
• Tannu Rabbanan ( "our masters have taught"): a citation baraita or Tosefta.
• Tanya ( "it is taught"): teaching a baraita , which was not included in the Mishna as it was known as an inner circle ^{Legal Opinions}
  • Itmar () introduced a halachic opinion, by majority, made by the doctors of the Gemara
  • Guf () introduced a comprehensive study of a subject that has been mentioned previously as an incidental
  • Amar Mar or Mor ( ): introduces a quotation from the Mishna or Baraita that was made earlier

  Questions

  Contradictions (kouchiyot)

  • Mary () contradicts an opinion from a legal source who has precedence over this opinion, for example:
    • opinion of an Amora disagree with that of Tanna (reflected in the Mishnah or in a baraita)
    • an opinion of Tanna in contradiction with a verse from the Hebrew Bible
  • Vereminhou (): contradiction between two legal opinions the same weight, for example:
    • an opinion of Tanna (in the Mishnah or in the baraita) contradicts the opinion of another Tanna. Sometimes is a Tanna can contradict himself, the contradiction is resolved by explaining that two students compare their different interpretations of a single teaching or a teaching attributed to a Tanna is in not actually him, or only in part.
    • a verse contradicts another verse
  • Matkif (): a contradiction resolved
  • Beshalma (): proposal of an opinion that creates a new kouchiya, agreeing with one of two opinions, but by opposing the other.

  External Links

  • Table summarizing hundred words and phrases from the Talmud

  References

  1. Pirke Avot 1:1
  2. For example TB Brachot 2a
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