How many Mishnayot are there?

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How many Mishnaoyot are there?

For counting purposes I am only interested in the counting of the author's. Meaning if the mishna puts two rules together under one halacha that counts as 1 and not 2. Also, I am only interested in published sets of the Mishna. I.e. I am not interested in how either the Talmud Yerushalmi or Talmud bavli breaks up the Mishnayot for this question.

I imagine that if someone has access to the Bar Ilan research tools the answer would be easy to find out.

I am curious to compare this number to other methods of counting halachot.

Note that there are different schemes for breaking up the Mishna into individual mishnayos. But I guess any answer can indicate which scheme it's using. — msh210, Dec 29 '13 at 06:16
This is one of a group of similar questions: mitzvos, Mishna, Y'rushalmi, Bavli, Mishne Tora, Shulchan Aruch, Mishna B'rura, Yalkut Yosef — msh210, Dec 29 '13 at 06:22
Note also that the tally can vary based on whether Pereq Qinyan Torah ( the "sixth" of Masekhet Avot) or Pereq Androginos ( The "fourth" of Masekhet Bikurim, which came from the Tosefta) were included in the count. If there is a tally of chapters mentioned as well, a total of 523 chapters would indicate neither were included, and a total of 525 would indicate both were included. — Tamir Evan, Dec 29 '13 at 16:14

Eliyahu · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-25T16:30:23.463

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There are 4192 Mishnayos. Source: The back of the משניות set that's called משנה סדורה.

See this online downloadable version.

Edit: Per @Yehoshua's comment, the link no longer seems to work, but I can still see the relevant table on the Internet Archive.

edited Oct 25 '18 at 16:30

answered Dec 29 '13 at 00:43

Eliyahu

2,035
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Note that there are various ways of breaking it up so you might find slightly different numbers. – Double AA Dec 29 '13 at 06:26
What various ways are there? – avi Dec 29 '13 at 06:28
Cross referencing this number with the internet, seems to suggest that this is the correct answer. Related: http://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/18892/list-of-number-of-mishnayos-by-chapter-masechta/33805#33805 – avi Dec 29 '13 at 07:04
The link doesn't work anymore – Yehoshua Oct 23 '18 at 17:53
@Yehoshua You're right. I found it on the waybackmachine though https://web.archive.org/web/20180410001133/https://www.mishnasdura.org.il/%D7%9B%D7%9E%D7%94-%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%99%D7%A9-%D7%91%D7%9B%D7%9C-%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%9B%D7%AA-%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%93%D7%A8-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%94/ – Eliyahu Oct 25 '18 at 16:28

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 07 '14 at 18:23

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In terms of Perakim, there is a tradition that there are 524 Mishnayot, the same gematria as "Talmud Bavli". I think the number 4192 may refer to actual statements and not perakim.

answered Jan 07 '14 at 18:23

user4751

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I am not asking for the number of Chapters. I am asking about the number of individual mishnot. This gematria is odd, since the Talmud Bavli does not cover all of the chapters. – avi Jan 08 '14 at 08:35
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I have never heard of this tradition. Do you know where it comes from or who records it? – Double AA Nov 16 '16 at 15:22

How many Mishnayot are there?

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