Baraita

English Alternative forms en baraita Baraitha Beraita Braita Baraysa Etymology en arc - baraita, an extraneous teaching. The word appears in the feminine (baraita rather than bara'ah), because it is actually short for matnita baraita, external Mishnah or teaching (and matnita is feminine). Noun s Baraitot en Judaism Any of various Jewish traditions that are not included in the Mishnah. en 2024 David Golinkin Responsa in a Moment 4 Should the cantor pray slowly or shorten the service? 4 A baraita in Ta'anit 16a expands the list of attributes of the cantor to eleven: "...and he has a melodious and pleasant voice...", and so ruled Maimonides in References Marcus Jastrow, Dictionary of the Targumim, Talmud and Midrashic Literature, pp. 189 and 195