English-Dutch translations for mishna

• misjna
• misjne

Definition of mishna

• The oldest part of the Talmud, rabbinical writings collected by Rabbi Judah the Holy and published in 250 in Javneh (Jamnia, in Israel

Synonyms

• Oral Torah

Examples

• The Mishna is believed by Jews to have been handed down orally from the patriarch-prophet Moses, who received it on Mount Sinai with the written Torah.

Related words

• squeamishness
• Mishnaic
• Mishnic
• Mishnical