Top Document: soc.culture.jewish FAQ: Torah and Halachic Authority (3/12) Previous Document: Question 3.9: What is the Mishna? Next Document: Question 3.11: What are the Orders of the Mishna? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Answer: The Mishna contains the detailed instructions necessary for following the rules that were merely outlined in the Torah. Which is a subset of which? Consider that although the basic laws of Judaism were revealed/developed simultaneously, only the basic mitzvot (without instructions on how to fulfill them) were originally written down. Although the Mishna was written centuries later, they are both of equal stature. However, because the Mishna includes most the laws of the Torah--and presents additional information--one could say that for practical purposes the Torah is a subset of the Mishna. Note that the Mishna does not quite cover all the laws in the Torah. Omissions include the laws of Mezuzot and the Priestly benedictions. When one gets to the Talmud, one sees that the Mishna is a subset of the Talmud, as the Talmud includes practically all of the Mishna as well as additional information. User Contributions:Top Document: soc.culture.jewish FAQ: Torah and Halachic Authority (3/12) Previous Document: Question 3.9: What is the Mishna? Next Document: Question 3.11: What are the Orders of the Mishna? Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: SCJ FAQ Maintainer <maintainer@scjfaq.org>
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