The economic history of the Jews in Palestine in late antiquity
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Mishnah
Pronounced: MISH-nuh, Origin: Hebrew, code of Jewish law compiled in the first centuries of the Common Era. Together with the Gemara, it makes up the Talmud.
How an ancient ritual has been reimagined for a variety of new purposes.
The site where hundreds of Jews held out against a Roman siege has become a modern symbol of Jewish heroism.
The grave of this second century rabbi is the site of a large annual pilgrimage.