(JTA) — As an avid book collector who operates an independent Jewish press, Larry Yudelson was excited to learn that a new, annotated version of the Mishnah, the earliest compendium of Oral ...

Strikingly, this root is linked to the Hebrew word רֶמֶץ (remetz), meaning smoldering embers or glowing coals—echoed in the Mishnah’s discussion of ‘negaim’ – ritual afflictions ...

During these thousand years, this period was nourished by legends and unfounded speculations, such as the alleged conversion of the Khazars, used to compensate for the lack of historical sources. It ...

The Mishnah was formed due to fear that the Jewish people would lose their unity and beliefs if they were not in the Holy City.