<P> It may also traditionally be called Shas ( ש ״ ס ‬ ) , a Hebrew abbreviation of shisha sedarim , or the `` six orders '' of the Mishnah . The Talmud has two components ; the Mishnah ( Hebrew : משנה , c. year 200 CE ) , a written compendium of Rabbinic Judaism 's Oral Torah ; and the Gemara ( circa year 500 ) , an elucidation of the Mishnah and related Tannaitic writings that often ventures onto other subjects and expounds broadly on the Hebrew Bible . `` Talmud '' translates literally as `` instruction '' in Hebrew , and the term may refer to either the Gemara alone , or the Mishnah and Gemara together . </P>
<P> It may also traditionally be called Shas ( ש ״ ס ‬ ) , a Hebrew abbreviation of shisha sedarim , or the `` six orders '' of the Mishnah . The Talmud has two components ; the Mishnah ( Hebrew : משנה , c. year 200 CE ) , a written compendium of Rabbinic Judaism 's Oral Torah ; and the Gemara ( circa year 500 ) , an elucidation of the Mishnah and related Tannaitic writings that often ventures onto other subjects and expounds broadly on the Hebrew Bible . `` Talmud '' translates literally as `` instruction '' in Hebrew , and the term may refer to either the Gemara alone , or the Mishnah and Gemara together . </P>
the talmud is a combination of the gemara and the
the talmud is a combination of the gemara and the
the Mishnah
the Mishnah