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The period of the Tannaim, also referred to as the Mishnaic period, lasted about 210 years. It came after the period of the Zugot "Pairs" and was immediately followed by the period of the Amoraim "Interpreters". [3] The root tanna (תנא) is the Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew root shanah (שנה), which also is the root word of Mishnah.
The House of Hillel (Beit Hillel) and House of Shammai (Beit Shammai) were, among Jewish scholars, two schools of thought during the period of tannaim, named after the sages Hillel and Shammai (of the last century BCE and the early 1st century CE) who founded them.
Period of the Tannaim, rabbis who organized and elucidated the Oral Torah. The decisions of the Tannaim are contained in the Mishnah, Beraita, Tosefta, and various Midrash compilations. [3] 73: Final events of the First Jewish–Roman War – the fall of Masada.
Zimra; Hebrew: רבי יוסי בן זמרה) was Jewish rabbi of the 2nd-3rd centuries (sixth generation of tannaim), who lived during the transition period between the eras of the tannaim and the amoraim. He was a kohen. [1] He came from a privileged background family and his son married Judah haNasi's daughter. [2]
The period during which the Mishnah was assembled spanned about 130 years, or five generations, in the first and second centuries CE. Judah ha-Nasi is credited with the final redaction and publication of the Mishnah, [ 22 ] although there have been a few additions since his time: [ 23 ] those passages that cite him or his grandson ( Judah II ...
[2] [3] The word is applied only to compilations of Tannaic midrash or to the Tannaic exposition process. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] However, the common term midrash used by itself has come to be a shorthand for the term midrash aggadah which, in contrast to midrash halakha, are non-legal tannaic expositions that are based on the Bible.
The first collaborative book was 5,000 Years of Jewish Wisdom: Secrets of the Talmud Scriptures, created over a three-day period in 1968 and published in 1971. The book contains actual stories from the Talmud, proverbs, ethics, Jewish legal material, biographies of Talmudic rabbis, and personal stories about Tokayer and his family.
The analysis of the Amoraim is generally focused on clarifying the positions, words and views of the Tannaim. These debates and exchanges form the "building-blocks" of the Gemara; the name for such a passage of Gemara is a sugya (סוגיא ; plural sugyot). A sugya will typically comprise a detailed proof-based elaboration of the Mishna.