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The mishna which is part of the oral law, was written by the Tannaim in a short-form containing 6 volumes with 64 subvolumes.

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Why is Kinim so long?

Translation: "Kinim is entirely the mishna of Rabbi Yehoshua...and indeed the whole tractate with its special, deep and logical organization and its describing of all of the details and cases that may …
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Why there's no Mishnah Bavli?

In Mishna Sanhedrin 3:4 it is stated by Rabbi Yosei that this mishna is Rabbi Akiva's mishna. In Pesachim 19a it is stated that a braita is from Rabbi Akiva's mishna. And so forth. … You - of Eretz Yisrael - taught in your mishna - the mishna of Eretz Yisrael. …
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Aramaic in a baraisa

He notes that this teaching of Rabbi Eliezer is not found in the mishna of Parah, nor in the Tosefta, nor, apparently, was it before the eyes of the sages of the Yerushalmi. …
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How did Hannah dedicate Samuel in 1 Samuel 1:11?

Perhaps this might explain why Rabbi Yossi seems to disagree with Rabbi Nehorai that Shmuel was a nazir (Mishna Nazir 9:5). …
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Why are tractates in Shas apparently out of order?

Rambam in his Introduction to the Mishnah gives an explanation for the order of every Seder and reasons of inclusion of various masechtot. For example, Brachot in Zraim: And he divided the materia …
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Which ancient cults would cut out the hearts of live animals and offer them as sacrifices?

A possible answer: Rambam on the mishnah states that this was done as part of worship of Baalim. The city of Baalbek, which was originally a Baal center of worship, eventually became a center of Bacch …
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From where do we get the birthplace of R Nehunia Ben Hakana?

This idea is brought by Rabbi Prof. Shmuel Klein in his book "Eretz Yehudah" (Land of Judah), pg. 94, footnote 11 as part of a hypothesis suggested by Avraham Geiger. He refers also to his own essay i …
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Were B"H and B"S opinions Halachically exhaustive?

Here's one instance where there was a contemporaneous third opinion: Tosefta Shabbat 16:7 (my translation): "Beit Hillel say: One may clear from the table bones and shells, and Beit Shammai say: One …
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