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Beit Hillel or Beit Shammai?

Who wrote the Mishnah?

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Who wrote the Mishnah?
Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi
Rabbi Akiva
none of them
Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai
2
Beit Hillel or Beit Shammai?
Beit Hillel
Beit Shammai
3
In what period did the Tannaim live?
Before the destruction of the First Temple
After the destruction of the Second Temple
During the medieval period
During the First Temple period
4
What is the Cairo Geniza?
A synagogue in Cairo
A synagogue in Cairo
A Jewish festival
A sect of Judaism
5
Who is the "Tanna Kamma"?
A famous Tanna from the Second Temple period
The anonymous first opinion in a Mishnaic dispute
A legal ruling by Rabbi Akiva
A type of commentary on the Talmud
6
What is the Tosefta?
A medieval Jewish philosophical work
A commentary on the Mishnah
A book of Jewish prayers
A collection of Halachot that were left outside of the Mishnah
7
What is Midrash Aggadah?
A legal discourse in the Talmud
Rabbinic literature with stories and explanations of biblical texts
Jewish mythology
A collection of Jewish ethical teachings
8
Which of the following is an example of "Gezerah Shavah"?
Applying a lenient ruling to a stricter case
Inferring a law from a general principle
Inferring a law from a similar word in two different contexts
Deriving a law from a majority opinion
9
Where was the Jerusalem Talmud compiled?
Caesarea
Jerusalem
Safed
Tiberias
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Who are the Amoraim?
The rabbis who compiled the Mishnah
The rabbis who discussed and analyzed the Mishnah in the Gemara
The authors of the Zohar
The writers of medieval Jewish poetry