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 * Word/Phrase || Short Definition || Long Definition ||
 * Gamara || Aramaic for "learning." It is commentary on and discussion of the Mishnah, the compilation of Jewish law that constitutes the first part of the Talmud. || Aramaic for "learning," and what people commonly refer to when they say Talmud, although they are only half right. It is commentary on and discussion of the Mishnah, the compilation of Jewish law that constitutes the first part of the Talrnud.The Babylonian Gemara was completed in 500 CE and is about three times the size of the Jerusalem Gemara. It is assumed part of the Jerusalem Gemara was lost. (See Talmud.) ||
 * gentile || a non-Jewish person || (please add) ||
 * ghetto || originally a walled section of a city in which all Jews were compelled to live. The first ghetto was opened in Venice in 1516 || (please add) ||
 * goy || Yiddish for "gentile," a non-Jewish person || (please add) ||
 * gimel || the third letter in the Hebrew alphabet || (please add) ||