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or Mishna
: the collection of mostly halachic Jewish traditions compiled about a.d. 200 and made the basic part of the Talmud
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The application includes the complete Babylonian Talmud, the five books of the Torah, the six books of the Mishnah and dozens of other Jewish books and writings.
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Daniel Edelson, Sun Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2024
Modern technologies such as generative AI threaten to make 21st-century Americans like the woman in the Mishnah: Deprived of purpose, convinced that our creative output is useless because a computer can produce a result that is sometimes just as good, or even better.
—Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2024
Shavuot became a time to celebrate the study of the Torah and its many rabbinic commentaries, including the Mishnah and the Talmud.
—Laura Yares, The Conversation, 22 May 2023
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Daniel Edelson, Sun Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2024
Modern technologies such as generative AI threaten to make 21st-century Americans like the woman in the Mishnah: Deprived of purpose, convinced that our creative output is useless because a computer can produce a result that is sometimes just as good, or even better.
—Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2024
Shavuot became a time to celebrate the study of the Torah and its many rabbinic commentaries, including the Mishnah and the Talmud.
—Laura Yares, The Conversation, 22 May 2023
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“Mishnah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mishnah. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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