In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “name of a treatise in the talmud”. Today it says “name of a text of jewish law originating in the mishnah which formed the basis of tractates in both the babylon”.
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Rosh Ha Shanah is the name of a treatise in the Talmud . It is the eighth treatise of the order Moed.1The book contains the most important rules concerning the calendar year, together with a description of the inauguration of the months,and laws on the form and use of the shofar and on religious services during the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah .2
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hebrew text For the Jewish holiday, see Rosh Hashanah .Rosh Hashanah ( ) is the name of a text of Jewish law originating in the Mishnah which formed the basis of tractates in both the Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud of the same name.It is the eighth tractate of the order Moed .The text contains the most important rules concerning the calendar year, together with a description of the inauguration of the months, laws on the form and use of the shofar and laws related to the religious services during the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah .
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Rosh Hashanah ( ) is the name of a text of Jewish law originating in the Mishnah which formed the basis of tractates in both the Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud of the same name. It is the eighth tractate of the order Moed . The text contains the most important rules concerning the calendar year, together with a description of the inauguration of the months, laws on the form and use of the shofar and laws related to the religious services during the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah .
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Tractate in Moed For the Jewish holiday, see Rosh Hashanah . Rosh Hashanah ( ) is the name of a text of Jewish law originating in the Mishnah which formed the basis of tractates in both the Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud of the same name. It is the eighth tractate of the order Moed . The text contains the most important rules concerning the calendar year, together with a description of the inauguration of the months, laws on the form and use of the shofar and laws related to the religious services during the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah .
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Tractate in Moed For the Jewish holiday, see Rosh Hashanah . Rosh Hashanah ( ) is the name of a text of Jewish law originating in the Mishnah which formed the basis of tractates in both the Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud of the same name. It is the eighth tractate of the order Moed . The text contains the most important rules concerning the calendar year, together with a description of the inauguration of the months, laws on the form and use of the shofar and laws related to the religious services during the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah .
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Tractate in Moed For the Jewish holiday, see Rosh Hashanah . Rosh Hashanah ( Hebrew : רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה ) is the name of a text of Jewish law originating in the Mishnah which formed the basis of tractates in both the Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud of the same name. It is the eighth tractate of the order Moed . The text contains the most important rules concerning the calendar year, together with a description of the inauguration of the months, laws on the form and use of the shofar and laws related to the religious services during the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah .
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name of a treatise in the talmud
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name of a text of jewish law originating in the mishnah which formed the basis of tractates in both the babylon
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