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I have been reading the Schottenstein edition of The Mishnah Elucidated and noticed that a lot of the Mishnayos turn out to be d'Rabbanan.

How much of the Mishnah is halachah l'moshe miSinai and how much is d'Rabbanan?

Al Berko
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  • You want percentages? Exact amount of each? – Chatzkel Jun 15 '22 at 01:48
  • @Chatzkel a rough idea would be a good start. Doesn't have to be too exact. – Yaakov Roth Jun 15 '22 at 01:49
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    The Rambam in his introduction to Mishnayos counts 31 Halacha L’Moshe Misinai. There are a lot of things that are explanations of pesukim which were passed down from Moshe but are not called Halachos. Then there are gezeiros drabbanan. ואני אכלול בכאן רוב הדינין שנאמר בהן הלכה למשה מסיני ואפשר שיהיה הכל (ג) ויתבאר לך אמיתת מה שאמרתי https://www.sefaria.org/Rambam_Introduction_to_the_Mishnah.8.25?lang=bi – Chatzkel Jun 15 '22 at 02:04
  • I would suggest that none is literally from Sinai, but the parts kept also by the Samaritans (as we don't have the Sadducees now) could shed some light on the earliest Halochos in existence. – Al Berko Jun 15 '22 at 11:07
  • Some claim that not Halochos were given to Moses, but the rules of extrapolating them from the scriptures. – Al Berko Jun 15 '22 at 11:09
  • @AlBerko are you sure the Samaritan mesorah would work? Karaites, for example, reject the Oral Law but use the same Shimonei Esrei we do... – יהושע ק Jun 15 '22 at 11:51
  • @יהושעק IIRC, the Samaritans stem from the 1st Temple schism, while the Karaites came after the Talmud. – Al Berko Jun 15 '22 at 11:57
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    Note that AlBerko's views are contradicted by traditional Judaism. To say nothing in the Mishnah comes from Sinai denies the oral Torah. – robev Jun 15 '22 at 13:35

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