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Amora

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tannanoun	Any of the rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishna, from approximately 10–220 CE.
stammaimnoun	Any of the rabbis who composed the anonymous statements and arguments in the Talmud, some of whom may have worked during the period of the Amoraim, but who mostly made their contributions later.
oral torahnoun	(Judaism) The Mishna
toseftanoun	A compilation of the Jewish oral law from the late 2nd century, the period of the Mishna.
masoranoun	Alternative spelling of Masorah. [The collection of marginal notes on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the 8th-9th centuries CE.]
maggidnoun	(Judaism) A teacher of the Torah in Eastern Europe.
masorahnoun	The collection of marginal notes on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the 8th-9th centuries CE.
saboranoun	(chiefly in the plural) Any of the leading Jewish rabbis who completed the revision of the Babylonian Talmud in the 6th century C.E.
babylonian talmudnoun	(Judaism) The Talmud composed and compiled primarily from the teachings, discussions and disagreements of the Amoraim of the Babylonian exile.
melamednoun	(Orthodox Judaism) A rabbi who serves as a religious teacher of children.
masoretnoun	An unwritten tradition orally passed down as law by the Hebrews.
chazalnoun	(Judaism) The sages from the time of the Second Temple and afterward, through the sixth century C.E.
mishnanoun	Alternative spelling of Mishnah. [The oldest part of the Talmud, rabbinical writings collected by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and published in 250 C.E. in Javneh (יבנה, in Israel).]
akivanoun	Rabbi Akiva ben Joseph (Rabbi Akiva), a major figure in Jewish history, a tanna of the late first century and early second century who contributed to the Mishnah and Midrash Halakha
gemorranoun	Alternative form of Gomorrah. [(biblical) A city in the Middle East which, according to the Hebrew Bible and to Islamic tradition, was destroyed by God (along with Sodom) for the sins of its inhabitants.]
masoretenoun	One of the writers of the Masorah.
amosnoun	A male given name from Hebrew.
jerusalem talmudnoun	(Judaism) The Talmud composed and compiled primarily from the teachings, discussions and disagreements of the Amoraim of the land of Israel.
mishnahnoun	The oldest part of the Talmud, rabbinical writings collected by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and published in 250 C.E. in Javneh (יבנה, in Israel).
savoranoun	Alternative form of Sabora (“Jewish rabbi”). [(chiefly in the plural) Any of the leading Jewish rabbis who completed the revision of the Babylonian Talmud in the 6th century C.E.]