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Who did Yehoshua pass the Oral Torah onto? * To the elders

Who did the tanaim recieve the oral Torah from? * From the Zugot

What were the two titles/positions given to the zugot? * Nasi and Av Bein Din

Who compiled the Mishnah, and in what year? * Rabbi yehuda hannasi in 200 ce

What does the word Mishnah literally mean? * Repeat

What proof do we have that there must have been some commentary that accompanied the written Torah? * The laws that were not in it specifically such as Shabbat and tafilin

What languages is the Mishnah written in? * Hebrew and arimaic

Why was the oral torah eventually written down? * The oral Torah was eventually written down so it was not forgotten

What does the word ברייתא baraitta mean? Tanatic

What is a baraitta? * Things that were left out of the Mishnah