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Gemara intro

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

שְׁמַע מִינָה

a)

We understand from it (conclusion)

b)

Hear with your ears

2.

תָּא שְׁמַע

a)

Come and hear (evidence)

b)

How do you know this?

3.

הֵיכֵי

a)

How

b)

Where

4.

הָכָא נַמִי

a)

Here also

b)

there also

5.

כַמָּה

a)

how much

b)

where

6.

כֵּיצַד

a)

how

b)

when

7.

תנו רבנן

a)

our Rabbis taught in a Braisa

b)

our Rabbis taught in a Mishna

8.

תנן

a)

we learnt in a Mishna

b)

we learnt in a Braisa

c)

the Rabbis asked a question

9.

תניא

a)

we learnt in a Mishna

b)

we learnt in a Braisa

c)

the Rabbis asked a question

10.

What is the name of the מסכת?

a)

ברכות

b)

מי שמתו

c)

פרק שלישי

11.

What is the name of the פרק?

a)

ברכות

b)

מי שמתו

c)

פרק שלישי

12.

What is the number of the פרק?

a)

ברכות

b)

מי שמתו

c)

פרק שלישי

13.

What is the number of the דף?

a)

27a

b)

26b

c)

26a

d)

27b

14.

What is the name of a Rabbi from the Mishna?

a)

תנא

b)

אמורא

c)

גאון

d)

ראשון

15.

What is the name of a Rabbi from the Braisa?

a)

תנא

b)

אמורא

c)

גאון

d)

ראשון

16.

What is the name of a Rabbi from the Gemara?

a)

תנא

b)

אמורא

c)

גאון

d)

ראשון

17.

Can a Rabbi from the Mishna argue with a Rabbi from the Gemara?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Sometimes

18.

Can a Rabbi from the Gemara argue with a Rabbi from the Mishna?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Sometimes

19.

What is תורה שבכתב?

a)

the written Torah - תנ"ך

b)

the oral Torah - משנה

c)

both parts of the Torah together

20.

What is תורה שבעל פה?

a)

the written Torah - תנ"ך

b)

the oral Torah - משנה

c)

both parts of the Torah together

21.

How many sections are in the משנה?

a)

6

b)

8

c)

13

d)

14

22.

Who wrote the משנה?

a)

R' Yehuda Hanasi

b)

Moshe Rabeinu

c)

R' Chiya

d)

Rambam

23.

What does רש"י stand for?

a)

רבי שלמה יצחקי

b)

רבינו שמשון ישראלי

c)

רבי שמואל יהודה

24.

What is גמרא?

a)

explanation and discussion of the Mishna

b)

explanation and discussion of the Chumash

c)

Explanation of the Shulchan Aruch

25.

What is the first word of the Mishna?

a)

שבא

b)

רבן

c)

מתני'

26.

What is the last word of the Mishna?

a)

שבא

b)

רבן

c)

מתני'

d)

הקדשים

27.

What is the first word of the Gemara after the Mishna?

a)

שמים

b)

רבן

c)

גמ'

d)

הקדשים

e)

הני

28.

Why did he write the Mishna?

a)

People were forgetting the Oral Torah because life was so hard

b)

He was told to do so by a Malach [angel]

c)

The people begged him to so they wouldn't have to remember the Torah by heart

29.

דף

a)

double sided page

b)

single side of a page

30.

עמוד

a)

double sided page

b)

single side of a page

31.

מסכת

a)

Book of Gemara or Mishna

b)

Chapter

c)

Law

d)

Topic

32.

פרק

a)

Book of Gemara or Mishna

b)

Chapter

c)

Law

d)

Topic