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Now bless ye the Lord, the God of Israel,

Who doeth wondrously on earth;

Who bringeth up man from the womb,

And maketh him according to His will.

May He give you wisdom of heart,

And may He be with peace among you.

May He make His mercy stand fast with Simeon,

And may He confirm to him the covenant of Phinehas,

That shall not be cut off from him and from his seed,

As the days of heaven.

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[A collection of Jewish jurisprudence, dealing with the various aspects of Jewish life, and classified in the following six orders: Zera`im (“Seeds”), containing eleven tractates; Mo`ed (“Festivals”), containing twelve tractates; Nashim (“Women”), containing seven tractates; Nezikin (“Damages”), containing ten tractates; Kodashim (“Holy Things”), containing eleven tractates; Teharot (“Purifications”), containing twelve tractates. The Mishnah is written in terse and simple Hebrew, well adapted to the various subjects, and has preserved a number of words, which, as may be seen from the cognate languages, must have been in common use in biblical times, though they do not occur in the Bible. It also contains some loan-words from Aramaic, Greek, and Latin. It was redacted by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi about 200 C. E.]