Gemara
/ɡəˈmɑːrə
/noun (the Gemara)
A rabbinical commentary on the Mishnah, forming the second part of the Talmud.We left off the last installment in the 3rd century with the writing of the Mishna and Gemara which became the Talmud....
- The text of the Gemara is quoting the rabbis who lived from about 200 CE to about 500 CE.
- From this Mishna we can understand the answer of the Gemara.
Origin
From Aramaic gĕmārā 'completion'.
Rhymes
- like a cat on a hot tin roof (also on hot bricks)
- like a deer (or rabbit) in the headlights
- like a demon
- like a dog with two tails
- like a dose of salts
- like a dream
- like a drowned rat
- like a headless chicken
- like a (hot) knife through butter
- like a lamb to the slaughter
- like a leech
- like a man (or woman) possessed
- like a moth to the flame
- like anything
- like a rat up a drainpipe
- like a ripe plum (or ripe plums)
- like a scalded cat
- like a shag on a rock
- like a shot
- like a streak
- like a stunned mullet
- like a ton of bricks
- like blazes
- like blue murder
- like clockwork