Gemara Background A

תּוֹרָה שֶׁבִּכְּתָב

• Written Torah
• Oral Torah
• Book of Halachot from Torah She'Bal Peh
• Rabbis of the Mishna

תּוֹרָה שֶׁבַּעַל פֶּה

• Oral Torah
• Book of Halachot from Torah She'Bal Peh
• Rabbis of the Mishna
• A teaching of a Tana that is not in the Mishna

מִשְׁנָה

• Book of Halachot from Torah She'Bal Peh
• Rabbis of the Mishna
• A teaching of a Tana that is not in the Mishna
• Book of explanations and discussions of Halachot from Mishna

תַּנָאִים

• Rabbis of the Mishna
• A teaching of a Tana that is not in the Mishna
• Book of explanations and discussions of Halachot from Mishna
• Rabbis of the Gemara

בָּרַיְיתָא

• A teaching of a Tana that is not in the Mishna
• Book of explanations and discussions of Halachot from Mishna
• Rabbis of the Gemara
• Unit in Gemara

גְמָרָא

• Book of explanations and discussions of Halachot from Mishna
• Rabbis of the Gemara
• Unit in Gemara
• Back and forth discussion of the Gemara

אַמוֹרָאִים

• Rabbis of the Gemara
• Unit in Gemara
• Back and forth discussion of the Gemara
• Statement

סוּגְיָא

• Unit in Gemara
• Back and forth discussion of the Gemara
• Statement
• Question that asks for information

שַׁקְלָא וְטַרְיָא

• Back and forth discussion of the Gemara
• Statement
• Question that asks for information
• Question that something doesn't make sense

מֵימְרָא

• Statement
• Question that asks for information
• Question that something doesn't make sense
• Proof