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Quick Quiz - Sept 14th 2011

DO NOT OPEN ANY OTHER APPLICATION WHILST DOING THIS TEST. Relax, have fun, and enjoy.

Who did Yehoshua pass the Oral Torah onto? * The elders

Who did the tanaim recieve the oral Torah from? * The zugot

What were the two titles/positions given to the zugot? * Nasi and Av Biet Din

Who compiled the Mishnah, and in what year? * Yehudah HaNasi in 200ce

What does the word Mishnah literally mean? * To repeat

What proof do we have that there must have been some commentary that accompanied the written Torah? * Because there were some laws that could only be understood with an oral Torah

What languages is the Mishnah written in? * Hebrew and aramaic

Why was the oral torah eventually written down? * Because of the roman persecution, destruction of second temple and Torah learning being illegal, it had to be written down to be remembered.

What does the word ברייתא baraitta mean? Outside

What is a baraitta? * A tanaitic statement left out of the mishnah