Sep 9, 2025
Rav also redacted the Beraita, which is the Sifra and Sifre. Many others besides these Sages also compiled commentaries as they stated: "When Rabbi so and so came... he brought a Beraita with him." However, none of these Beraitot were as eloquently worded as the Mishnah, nor as logically formulated, nor as concisely worded. Therefore, this work, namely the Mishnah, remains the major compilation and all those other compositions are secondary to it. The Mishnah is the most esteemed work in the eyes of all people. When compared to the other compositions the daughters saw her and exalted her, Yea the queen and the concubines, and they praised her.
Maimonides Introduction to his Commentary on the Mishnah, translated by Fred Rosner