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n. A text compiling 300 years of rabbinical legal and ethical commentaries on the Mishnah, forming the second part of the Talmud.
n. A particular tractate in the Gemara.
Example Sentences
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"Traditionally, Jewish boys begin studying Gemara at age 10."
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"He started to splutter that he didn't remember exactly which Daf it was on. 'There's no such Gemara!' I said. I really don't know if he was aware that he was entirely fabricating a Gemara or not. But I find it amazing that people are so entirely out of touch with what Chazal really said about this sort of thing, and with what Jews traditionally did, until just a few decades ago." (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Aramaic
- Yiddish
Etymology
A גמרא gemará > Y גמרא g(e)móre
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
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- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- View More
- The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
- Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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Alternative Spellings
Gemorah, Gemarah, Gemoro, Gemmorah, Gemmora, Gemora
Notes
Non-Orthodox Jews are more likely to use the term "Talmud".
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