The Mishna
The Mishna
A compilation of Jewish oral traditions containing the religious legal decisions relating to Old Testament laws, gathered together at about the end of the second century by Rabbi Judah, grandson of Gamaliel II. Its doctrines are said to be of great antiquity. It forms the framework of the Talmud.
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