אִם תִּמְצָא לוֹמַר =

= if you will be able to say

= if you say

= If you look into the matter carefully, you will find that…

= If you assume that the answer to the previous question is X, then the following question will arise

a) An attempt to prove a certain opinion from a meaning in the previously cited source

b) Opening for rejection of an attempt to answer a question based on a source that will be cited below. Appears after presenting a question or problem and before citing the source.

מדויקת גם כן

it is also precise, for it teaches

An expression introducing a proof in support of the view previously expressed, based on a precise examination of the wording of the Mishna.

Jetzt kommt immer ein Twist!

תָּא שְׁמַע =

= Come and hear

An expression used to introduce a source

(usually tannaitic, but sometimes biblical or amoraic) (kann jede Quelle sein)

which will be used to support an opinion, prove a point, raise an objection, or resolve a problem.

Jetzt kommt immer ein Twist!!

nach Lösung: bringt neue Schwierigkeit

nach Frage oder Schwierigkeit: bringt Lösung

Our Rabbis taught

A termin used to introduce a Baraita, usually a longer anonymous passage from the Tosefta, Mekhilta, Sifra or Sifrei

—> Immer Tannaim

It is difficult

At the conclusion of a sugya: the difficulty mentioned previously remains unresolved

We learned in a Mishna.

A term used to introduce a quotation from a Mishna, either in support of an argument or as the basis for an objection.

משיבים

They object

Anonymous scholars of the Talmud object to the remarks of an Amora mentioned by name on the grounds that his remarks are in conflict with an Tannaitic statement.

Es folgt immer Stam haTalmud. Davor kommt immer Amoräer und danach immer Tannait*innen.

וְכוּלֵּי עָלְמָא

= כל העולם

= the whole world

= the majority / everybody thinks

answer

A conclusive refutation of an amoraic statement, usually on the basis of a tannaitic source that contradicts the statement of the amora.

האם לומר ש

Do you mean to say that…? After all…!

The Talmud uses this expression when, on an occasion, it challenges what seems to be the logical interpretation of a given statement on the basis of another source. In such cases the objection is ofen introduced: “Do you mean to say that we must interpret this passage as meaning that…? After all we have learned elsewhere that…!”

leitet eine קושיה ein

He taught

A term used to introduce a Baraita or Tosefta. Usually the Baraitot introduced by this expression are very brief, one or two sentences long, and they clarify, supplement, or limit the scope of the statements in the Mishna.

and cast them

An expression used by the Gemara to introduce a contradiction between the source about to be cited and the source which has just been cited, where both sources are of equal authority

It is taught in a baraita in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi X

The following baraita supports the opinion of Rabbi X, an amora whose opinion was cited previously and is the subject of a dispute.

It is taught in a baraita.

A term used to introduce a baraita.

It was stated

An expression used to introduce a dispute between Amoraim and, on rare occasions, a dispute between later Tannaim.

That opinion is also taught in a baraita

A term used to introduce a baraita that supports an unattributed statement in the Gemara or one attributed to a specific amora.

When that Baraita was taught

Sometimes an objection based on a Baraita is made to the opinion of an Amora. The Talmud may resolve such an objection based on a Mishna arguing that the law in the Mishna also applies to the case under discussion. The Mishna did in fact refer to this case, altough it was not explicitly mentioned.

It was asked of them = They (the scholars in the academy) asked.

This expression ordinarily introduces a problem (בעיא) raised anonymously in the Gemara.

Opens a new sugia.

Normally followed by two opinions (1 pro, 1 contra).

What we are dealing with here is …

= the case we are referring to is…

This expression is used by the Gemara as an introduction to אוקימתא, an explanation whose purpose is usually to answer a previously raised objection, and to limit the application of the Mishna or Baraita under discussion to one particular set of circumstances.

Conclude from this three conclusions.

The following three conclusions may be inferred from the previsous statement or series of statements.

שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ

Hear from this / learn from this / conclude from this

At the beginning of an argument: Draw the following halakhik conclusion from the previous statement

At the end of an argument this expression is used to confirm that the previous conclusion or explanation is indeed correct

When Rabbi X came, he said.

This expression introduces a tradition or a new halakha cited by one of the Sages when he came to the study hall, usually by one who came from Eretz Israel to Babylonia.