Commentary for Kiddushin 97:14

מיתיבי איזו היא משנה ר' מאיר אומר הלכות ר' יהודה אומר מדרש

Our [authorised] translation.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Aramaic translation known as Targum Onkelos; v. Bacher, Die Terminologie der Tannaiten, pp. 205 et seq., also art. 'Targum' in J.E.');">¹⁹</span> Now, that is only if he said to her 'karyana'. But if he says: 'I a kara,'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Likewise 'reader', but the word implies wider erudition.');">²⁰</span> he must be able to read the Pentateuch, Prophets and Hagiographa with exactitude.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of course, with full understanding.');">²¹</span> [If he says,] 'On condition that I am learned' - Hezekiah said: [In] Halachoth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi: traditional laws dating back to Moses. The probable meaning is traditional statements of laws in general, such as form the Mishnah, but without the exegetical knowledge of their derivation from the Bible, particularly the Pentateuch, v, Glos. s.v. Halachah.');">²²</span> R'Johanan ruled: In Torah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is now assumed to mean the written law, i.e., the Pentateuch.');">²³</span> An objection is raised: What is Mishnah?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Learning' a word of the same root as in the phrase 'that I am learned'.');">²⁴</span> R'Meir said: Halachoth. R'Judah said: Midrash.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Exegesis. The exegetical literature, e.g., Sifra and Sifre, containing the laws derived from the Pentateuch and the manner of derival. - Thus on both views the knowledge of the Torah alone is insufficient.');">²⁵</span>

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