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Definition of Gemaras

Gemara
Gemara Ge*ma"ra, n. [Heb.] (Jewish Law) The second part of the Talmud, or the commentary on the Mishna (which forms the first part or text).

Meaning of Gemaras from wikipedia

- positions, views, and word choice of the Tannaim. Because there are two Gemaras, as mentioned above, there are in fact two Talmuds: the Jerusalem Talmud...
- and the Gemara (גמרא), a commentary on the Mishnah and related Tannaitic writings. Sometimes, the word "Talmud" may only refer to the Gemara. This text...
- Talmud has Gemara—rabbinical analysis of and commentary on the Mishnah—on thirty-seven masekhtot. The Jerusalem Talmud (Yerushalmi) has Gemara on thirty-nine...
- the Gemara (גמרא). Gemara means "completion" (from the Hebrew gamar גמר: "to complete") or "learning" (from the Aramaic: "to study"). The Gemara mainly...
- or the Jerusalem Gemara. The Gemara is what differentiates the Jerusalem Talmud from its Babylonian counterpart. The Jerusalem Gemara contains the written...
- interpretations, as well as various historical statements and narratives. Both Gemaras, Bavli, and Yerushalmi, contain many tales and legends, aggadic interpretations...
- structure and characteristics of this activity, see Gemara § Argumentation and debate and § Gemara and Mishnah. Generally, two parallel Talmud streams...
- unattributed sources") for the authors of unattributed statements in the Gemara. Much of classical rabbinic literature generally holds that the Babylonian...
- are the Mishnah, compiled between 200–220 CE by Judah ha-Nasi, and the Gemara, a series of running commentaries and debates concerning the Mishnah, which...
- The two Gemaras discuss and explain the laws of the Mishnah and add many fresh problems, especially the Babylonian Gemara. The Jerusalem Gemara is very...