Commentary for Kiddushin 98:1
מאי תורה מדרש תורה והני מילי דאמר לה תנינא אבל אמר לה תנא אנא עד דתני הילכתא ספרא וסיפרי ותוספתא
- What is meant by Torah? The exegesis [Midrash] of the Torah. Now, that is only if he says to her ['on condition that I am] tinyana [learned]:' but if he says to her, I am a tanna, he must have learned law, Sifra, Sifre and Tosefta.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sifra is a halachic commentary on Leviticus, also known as Torath Kohanim, the Law of the Priests. Sifre is a similar work on Numbers and Deuteronomy. In Sanh. ');"><sup>1</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The word “shoneh” (or mishnah) which I have translated as “recite” always refers to reciting Oral Torah and not reading Written Torah. Therefore, when R. Yohanan says “Torah” he must mean midrash, which is exegesis of Torah. Thus we have here the two main forms of Oral Torah—Midrash, which are laws connected to verses, and halakhot, laws taught independent of verses. The latter form is found today in midrashic collections that follow the order of four of the five books of the Torah (there is none on Genesis). The former is found in the Mishnah and Tosefta.
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Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
Again, the Talmud clarifies two levels of qualifications. “Taneina” implies a low level of familiarity with oral Torah. “Tanna” implies a much higher level.
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