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Okay, class. Let's talk terminology for a moment. The Mishnah is the Oral Torah as redacted by Rabbi Judah the Prince, better known as Rabi Yehuda Hanasi, when it seemed that the oral tradition might be lost if not written down. The sages who take part in its discussions are called tannaim.

As thorough as the tannaim were, guess what? Later sages had comments and questions about what the tannaim said. These later sages, some of them even a few hundred years after the tannaim, and mostly in Babylonia instead of the Land of Israel, were known as amoraim. Their commentaries on the Mishnah are known as the Gemara. Together, the Mishnah and the Gemara make up the Talmud. Got that? If it sounds confusing, don't let it bother you. It's sort of like learning the American political system by first looking at the historical development of bicameral legislatures. If you really want to learn how Congress works, it's better to just visit the Capitol and watch them in session. Or catch them on C-SPAN. Then the theory will start to make sense.

Here, too, don't be bothered about figuring out who's who and what's what (unless you like doing that). Better to jump in - get a text and start studying. It will become clear. And studying Mishnah and Gemara is rather like sitting in the visitors' gallery of the legislature, listening to the proceedings - with this very important exception: in the visitors' gallery, you have to watch silently. By us, you are not only invited, but required, to take part in the discussion.

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Artscroll Mishnah, Blackman Mishnayoth, and other books on Mishnah

Artscroll has a lovely series of Mishnah editions, shown below. They include the Hebrew text with English translations and commentaries. If you're looking for a complete set of the Mishnah, with Hebrew text, English translation, and brief commentary, we suggest the six-volume Blackman Mishnayoth (mishnayot, as we would spell it now, being the plural of mishnah). Also shown below are a few of the many books written by Jacob Neusner on the Mishnah, its authors, and the environment in which they worked.

Artscroll Mishnah Zeraim volume 1: BERACHOS	Artscroll Mishnah Zeraim 2a: PEAH	Artscroll Mishnah Zeraim 2b: DEMAI	Artscroll Mishnah Zeraim 3a: KILAYIM	Artscroll Mishnah Zeraim 3b: SHEVIIS
Artscroll Yad Avrohom Mishnah Series: Tractate TERUMOS (Seder Zeraim)	Artscroll Mishnah Moed 1a:SHABBOS	Artscroll Mishnah Moed 1b Eruvin, BEITZAH	Artscroll Mishnah Moed 2 Pesachim, SHEKALIM	Artscroll Mishnah Moed 3 ROSH HASHANAH, YOMA, SUCCAH
Artscroll Mishnah Moed 4 TAANIS, MEGILLAH, MOED KATAN, CHAGIGAH	Artscroll Mishnah Nashim 1a: YEVAMOS	Artscroll Mishnah Nashim 1b: KESUBOS	Artscroll Mishnah Nashim 2a: NEDARIM	Artscroll Mishnah Nashim 2b: NAZIR, SOTAH
Artscroll Mishnah Nashim 3 GITTIN, KIDDUSHIN	Artscroll Mishnah Nezikin 1a: BAVA KAMMA	Artscroll Mishnah Nezikin 1b: BAVA METZIA	Artscroll Mishnah Nezikin 1c: BAVA BASRA	Artscroll Mishnah Nezikin 2a: SANHEDRIN
Artscroll Mishnah Nezikin 2b: MAKKOS - SHEVUOS	Artscroll Mishnah Nezikin 3b: AVODAH ZARAH / HORAYOS	Artscroll Mishnah Kodashim 1a: ZEVACHIM	Artscroll Mishnah Kodashim 1b: MENACHOS	Artscroll Mishnah Kodashim 2a: CHULLIN
Artscroll Mishnah Kodashim 2b: BECHOROS	Artscroll Mishnah Kodashim 3a: ARACHIN	Artscroll Mishnah Kodashim 3c: KERISOS	Artscroll Mishnah Tohoros 2A: OHOLOS Volume 1	Artscroll Mishnah Tohoros 2B: OHOLOS Volume 2
Artscroll Mishnah Tohoros 4b: NEGAIM	Artscroll Mishnah Tohoros 4b: MIKVAOS	The Mishnah: A New Translation	Mishnah	Tractate Baba Kama
Blackman Mishnayoth (6 Volume Set)	Maimonides' Introduction to the Talmud: A Translation of Maimonides Introduction to His Commentary on the Mishna With Complete Original Hebrew Text	The Mishnah: An Introduction	Midrash, Mishnah and Gemara: The Jewish Predilection for Justified Law	Vanquished Nation, Broken Spirit: The Virtues of the Heart in Formative Judaism

More Mishnah Editions and Books on Mishnah!

Here are many more Mishnah editions and various books on Mishnah, available from Amazon.

1.		From the Maccabees to the Mishnah, Second Edition from Westminster John Knox Press Price: $18.00 Customer Review: I gave this book one star simply because there was no "zero star" option. I only made it through the first twenty or so pages before the author's pomposity and blatant historical errors/falsehoods (he has an anti-Christian bias) became more than I could stomach. I skimmed a few pages in the... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

2.		The Mishnah: A New Translation from Yale University Press Price: $38.00 Customer Review: As a non-Jew attempting to better appreciate, study and understand Judiasm, I bought this version of the Mishnah. I had read Neusner's Introduction, and found it very well done. Unfortunately, the reported poetic nature and subtleties that appear to be present in the Hebrew are lost in translation... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

3.		Jewish Literature Between The Bible And The Mishnah, with CD-ROM, Second Edition from Fortress Press Price: $15.58 Customer Review: I got this book because Nickelsburg is one of the leading scholars in intertestimental literature. In scholarly works, I expect a very exacting respect for the difference between fact and surmise. Nickelsburg knows his topic, but I found myself frustrated by his dedication to literary analysis, such... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

4.		Tractate Sanhedrin, Mishnah and Tosefta: The Judicial Procedure of the Jews (Forgotten Books) from Forgotten Books Price: $7.98	Click here for more information

5.		The Mishnah: An Introduction from Jason Aronson Price: $13.52 Customer Review: This book is not a "Dummies" guide to the Mishnah. The discussion reviews the Mishnah as literature, as theology, as sociology and as history. It is written at a collegiate level, and I think requires quite a bit of background in Torah study to really be beneficial. As a non-Jew, it was some... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

7.		Seder Nashim: Nedarim (Artscroll Mishnah Series) from Mesorah Publications, Limited Price: $22.00	Click here for more information

8.		Learn Mishnah from Behrman House Price: $5.00	Click here for more information

9.		Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture in the Mishnah from Oxford University Press, USA Price: $170.99	Click here for more information

10.		Seder Moed: Taanis, Megillah, Moed Katan, Chagigah (Artscroll Mishnah Series) from Mesorah Pubns Ltd Price: $5.85	Click here for more information

12.		The Mishnah from Oxford University Press, USA Price: $125.00 Customer Review: The Mishnah was the first recording of the oral law written by the Scribes and Pharisees between 70-200 CE, that is about 37 to 167 years after the Messiah's death. The Mishnah explains that the New Moon Day was determined by the observance of the Crescent New Moon. It was the general understanding... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

13.		Seder Moed: Rosh Hashana/Yoma/Succah (Artscroll Mishnah Series) from Mesorah Pubns Ltd Price: $19.75	Click here for more information

14.		Mishnayot Kehati: Complete 21-volume Boxed Set from Feldheim Price: $459.89 Customer Review: I'll tell right away that i'm not familiar with this English translation, because luckily i know Hebrew (i own the 13-volume hardcover Hebrew-only edition with Bartanura). So i'll just speak about the greatness of Kehati itself. Kehati is the number one best commentary and first-stop reference for... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

15.		Talmud: Oral Torah, Mishnah, Gemara, Jerusalem Talmud, Rabbinic literature, Halakha, Disputation of Tortosa from Alphascript Publishing Price: $46.55	Click here for more information

16.		Mishnah Berurah Complete Set (Large Edition) (20 volumes) from Feldheim Price: $643.00	Click here for more information

17.		Judaism: The Evidence of the Mishnah from Wipf & Stock Publishers Price: $36.73 Customer Review: The book is one of the best of Jacob Neusner's ones. It explains exactly what is the real meaning under many of the Mishnaic prescriptions: what is the sense of ruling about the proper consumption of food, of the proper way of washing oneself, of how to pay tithes, about when is it proper (and when... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

19.		Mishnah Berurah from Feldheim Pub Price: $35.00	Click here for more information

20.		Yad Avraham Mishnah Series: Seder Nashim - Personal Size Slipcased 8 Volume Set from Mesorah Publications, Ltd. Price: $89.89	Click here for more information

22.		Mishnah the Oral Law from Behrman House	Click here for more information

24.		How the Halakhah Unfolds: Hagigah in the Mishnah, Tosefta, Yerushalmi, and Bavli (Studies in Judaism) from University Press of America Price: $36.52	Click here for more information

25.		Chattel or Person?: The Status of Women in the Mishnah from Oxford University Press, USA Price: $32.89 Customer Review: Wegner tries to understand the status of woman as given in the Mishnah. Her major point is that it is by and large determined by her sexual status. A minor girl is under the authority of her father, a married woman under that of her husband. The father can sell the daughter to her prospective... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

27.		Yad Avraham Mishnah Series: Seder Moed - Personal Size Slipcased 11 Volume Set from Mesorah Publications, Ltd. Price: $78.50	Click here for more information

29.	[no image]	The Commentary to Mishnah Aboth from Bloch Pub Co Price: $12.95 Customer Review: on Pirke Avot (Sayings of the Fathers) a tractate of the Mishnah that is mostly comprised of ethical and wisdom-related aphorisms - some clearly targeted to Torah scholars, others at least arguably relevant to all Jews. I found a few insights that surprised me: 1. Maimonides' attempts to narrow... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

30.		Seder Kodashim: Tractate Temurah and Meilah (Yad Avrohom Mishnah Series) from Mesorah Pubns Ltd Price: $22.00	Click here for more information

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