Talmud Moed Katan

Question 1

כיצד

Answer 1

How/How so?

Question 2

הן הן

Answer 2

These (are)…

Question 3

תנא דידן

Answer 3

Our tanna, i.e. the anonymous tanna of the mishnah under discussion

Question 4

איקלע, איקלעו

Answer 4

he came (to) (they came [to])

Question 5

יחידאה

Answer 5

individual, lone (view)

Question 6

כוותיה

Answer 6

like him

Question 7

מעשה ו

Answer 7

(there was) a case… / it happened once that

Question 8

תפשוט מינה

Answer 8

derive from it

Question 9

לא שנא… לא שנא

Answer 9

There is no difference between … and …

Question 10

נמצא

Answer 10

it was found, i.e. it turned out

Question 11

מי איכא

Answer 11

is there (such a thing/view)?

Question 12

תנא קמא

Answer 12

the first tanna- i.e. the “author” of the anonymous statement which opens a mishnah or baraita

Question 13

שכיב

Answer 13

died

Question 14

חמיו\ חמותו

Answer 14

his father in law/mother in law

Question 15

ממילא

Answer 15

of itself, “automatically”

Question 16

הדר+ VERB

Answer 16

do (verb) again/repeatedly

Question 17

(כללו של דבר (כללא דמילתא

Answer 17

the rule of the matter is

Formulates a general principle that is operating in the case(s) previously presented.

Question 18

במה דברים אמורים

Answer 18

Regarding what are the(se) words said?
Used (usually in/in reference to tannaitic sources) to limit the scope of a previous statement or ruling to a specific scenario or set of circumstances.

Question 19

דתניא

Answer 19

as it is taught

Introduces a tannaitic source being brought in as a support.

Question 20

איני אהא

Answer 20

is that so? but…!

Introduces a contradiction/challenge to what has just been said or cited.

Question 21

+שמע מינה

Answer 21

Derive from it # (of legal conclusions)
Indicates that a certain number of conclusions- which will then be enumerated- can be drawn from the source or case just cited.

Question 22

בשלמא… אלא…

Answer 22

This is reasonable… but…
An attack/challenge- one side or position can be understood because… but the other side or position has the following problem

Question 23

כי תניא ההיא

Answer 23

When that was taught (it was in reference to…)

Resolves a difficulty or rejects a proof by limiting the scope of the tannaitic source under discussion.

Question 24

“פלוני” היינו “אלנוי”

Answer 24

(The view of) Ploni is the same as the (view of) Almoni!
A problem- two tannaim in one source have made separate statements that appear to be the same or have the same practical import (one or the other is thus redundant)

Question 25

איכא בינייהו

Answer 25

there is (this difference) between them
Resolves an apparent redundancy between two views by presenting a scenario in which there is a practical/halakhic difference between them.

Question 26

ותניא אידך

Answer 26

And another (beraitta) is taught

Introduces a second tannaitic source that (usually…) contradicts one that has just been cited.

Question 27

קשין אהדדי

Answer 27

They contradict each other!

Points out that two sources just cited appear to contradict each other.

Question 28

תניא נמי הכי

Answer 28

It is also taught thus

Introduces a tannaitic source that corroborates something that has just been stated or concluded.

Question 29

בעא מיניה\ איבעיא להו

Answer 29

he asked of him/ it was a question of them

Introduces a halakhic question

Question 30

(מנלן (מנא לן

Answer 30

From where (does it come) to us?

Seeks a source (usually Biblical) for something that has just been stated.

Question 31

כמאן אזלא הא

Answer 31

According to whom does this go?

Seeks to identify a source about to be cited with one of the Tannaitic views of a previous discussion.

Question 32

איכא דאמרי

Answer 32

There are those who say

Introduces an alternative version of something that has just been stated.

Question 33

הואיל ו…

Answer 33

since/because

Question 34

לאלתר

Answer 34

immediately

Question 35

לאו דוקא

Answer 35

not exactly/loosely

Question 36

כשם ש… כך…

Answer 36

Just as… so too…

Question 37

קסבר

Answer 37

he thinks/holds

Question 38

חל

Answer 38

falls/occurs

Question 39

כיון ש\ד….

Answer 39

now that/as soon as/ since

Question 40

מה… אף

Answer 40

Just as… so too

Question 41

סתם

Answer 41

the ordinary/unspecified

Question 42

הכא\התם

Answer 42

here/there

Question 43

חשיב

Answer 43

considered/counted as

Question 44

והתניא\ והא תניא

Answer 44

But it is taught

Introduces a tannaitic text as the source of an objection. (occasionally brought in as a support)

Question 45

בניחותא\ סייעתא

Answer 45

in mildness\ support
Used by Rashi to indicate that a source in the Gemara should be understood as a support/proof (rather than as a challenge)

Question 46

והאנן… תנן

Answer 46

But haven’t we learned (in our mishnah)?
Introduces a contradiction between a mishnah (usually the one currently under discussion) and a source/halakhah that has just been cited; the relevant part of the mishnah will be cited after or between.

Question 47

[יליף [לה מ…

Answer 47

learn (it from)… Introduces a derivation my means of a גזירה שוה

Question 48

לא קמיבעיא לי … כי קא מיבעיא לי ל…

Answer 48

what is it

When this appears at the end of a question, it asks: in the case just posed, what is the halakhic ruling?

Question 49

איתיביה

Answer 49

He replied/raised a difficulty to him
An amora challenges the halakhah/statement of another amora based on a more authoritative text - most commonly a tannaitic text, but can also be a verse, midrash, etc.