All materials you need to study for the rabbinics quiz

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Word	Meaning
Torah Shabichtav	Written torah
Tanach	Written torah - Torah Nev'im Ketuvim
Torah shebal peh	Oral torah - Talmud
Mishnah	first part of Torah shebal peh, which helps to understand the torah
Talmud	Oral torah - Mishnah + Gemara
Mefarshim	Commentators on jewish texts
Rashi	Most famous of the mefarshim - Rabbi shlomo ytizchaki
Ammora'im	people that explained and created the mishnah
Tanna'im	Sages that created the mishnah
Talmud yerushalmi	talmud written in northern israel
Talmud bavli	talmud written in bavel(babylon)
Braytot	Outsiders - Bits collected by other rabbis that rabbi yehuda did not include in the mishnah
Sugiya	Discussion
Gemara	Collection of sugiyot
Shanah	Repeat
Yeshiva	School to study torah and talmud

1. Questions

Can you name the 5 books of the Torah? Bereshit, Shemot, Vayikra, Bamidbar, Devarim
What languages are the talmud written in Hebrew & Aramaic

Who wrote the mishnah Rabbi yehuda hanasi
Who came after the Tanna'im for the next seven generations? The ammoraim
- What was the job of the ammoraim To explain and expand upon the Mishnah.
What are the mishnayot based upon? The written torah.
What language is the mishnah in? Hebrew
What language is the Gemarah in? Aramaic

Why write down the mishnah It was too hard to remember and the sages were spending too much time memorizing instead of actually learning.
What family was R'Yehuda HaNasi from and what did he do? He was the president of the family of hillel and he compiled the mishnah.
What word does the mishnah come from Shanah - Repeat
What does Shanah mean and why is it used for Mishnah?

It means repeat. because the mishnah was repeated repeatedly to memorize it.

When did the talmud begin to be created? from the destruction of the first temple
What two places did the ammoraim live in? Babylon and israel.
Where was the jerusalem talmud actually written? Northern israel
Why was it called the talmud yerushalmi? because they hoped the jews would return to jerusalem and study israel.
Why was the talmud yerushalmi rushed to be written down? Because of the roman rule.
Where was the other talmud written? Babylon
Why do we primarily study the talmud bavli? Its more complete and easier to understand

What are the two principal parts of Judaism?
The gemara is the 2nd part of the Talmud. What is the purpose of the Gemara?
In which two ways does the talmud define judaism?
What is one basic task of the talmud?
Why did rabbi yehuda hanasi rarely quote the torah in the mishnah?
What two tasks did the first students of the mishnah who began to write the talmud have to do
What were two jobs the ammoraim did in writing the gemara
Why does this book claim that answers should not just be given to you
What is halachah
What is aggadah