baraita means Any of various Jewish traditions that are not included in the Mishnah. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 77 out of 100.
Why this word is great
BARAITA — [Noun] Any of various Jewish traditions or teachings from the tannaitic period that are not included in the Mishnah. From the Aramaic baraita ("external teaching"), a shortening of matnita baraita ("external Mishnah"), where matnita denotes "teaching" or "Mishnah." Unlike "Mishnah" (the codified oral law, curated and sealed by Rabbi Judah the Prince) or "Gemara" (the Talmud’s analytical discourse upon the Mishnah), baraita is the scattered echo of voices left outside the canonical walls. It is the parchment fragment found tucked between folios, the elder’s whispered anecdote contradicting the official record, the argument preserved not in the main text but in the margins—proof that tradition is never a single thread but a frayed and tangled rope.
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- Any of various Jewish traditions that are not included in the Mishnah.“A baraita in Ta'anit 16a expands the list of attributes of the cantor to eleven: "...and he has a melodious and pleasant voice...", and so ruled Maimonides in […]”