What is "masorah"

Masora \Ma*so"ra\, n. [NHeb. m[=a]s[=o]r[=a]h tradition.] A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the eighth and ninth centuries. [Written also Masorah, Massora, and Massorah.]

Masorah or Mesora, () refers either to the transmission of Jewish religious tradition, or to the tradition itself. May specifically refer to:

• Masoretic Text, the authoritative text of the Tanakh for Rabbinic Judaism.
• Masoretes, scribes who passed down the former text.
• Masorati or Shomer Masoret – meaning "Traditional"; semi-observant Jews in Israel, who are only partially adherent.
• "Masorti Judaism" since 1990, another name for Conservative Judaism
• "Mesorah Publications Ltd.", publishers of Artscroll
• Torah Umesorah – National Society for Hebrew Day Schools, a Haredi American educational network
• "Mesora", a variant pronunciation for " Metzora"