Talmud
noun
Tal·mud
ˈtäl-ˌmu̇d 
ˈtal-məd
ˈtal-məd
: the authoritative body of Jewish tradition comprising the Mishnah and Gemara
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As the Book of Life and Death is open, one wraps in white, believing and knowing the outcome will be good (Jerusalem Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 1:3).
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Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 7 Oct. 2024
Only a minority of haredi men are currently employed (the rest study Talmud full time).
—Jeffrey Goldberg, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2013
The idea was that the Jewish community, decimated by the Holocaust, could revive the study of Torah and Talmud, the rabbinical discussion of Jewish law.
—Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
Both the Jewish Talmud and the Quran teach a powerful ethical lesson.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2024
He was born in 1923 into a strictly observant Jewish family in Pittsburgh and was expected to become a Rabbi like his father, a Talmud scholar.
—Christian House, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024
Menachem attended local yeshivas and, after high school, spent four years in advanced Talmud study.
—Joseph Berger, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024
Ironically, the Babylonian Talmud echoes this tradition, proudly claiming that Jesus was sentenced by a Jewish court for Jewish crimes and executed in a Jewish way, not a Roman one.
—Nathaniel Peters, National Review, 17 Feb. 2022
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Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 7 Oct. 2024
Only a minority of haredi men are currently employed (the rest study Talmud full time).
—Jeffrey Goldberg, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2013
The idea was that the Jewish community, decimated by the Holocaust, could revive the study of Torah and Talmud, the rabbinical discussion of Jewish law.
—Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
Both the Jewish Talmud and the Quran teach a powerful ethical lesson.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2024
He was born in 1923 into a strictly observant Jewish family in Pittsburgh and was expected to become a Rabbi like his father, a Talmud scholar.
—Christian House, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024
Menachem attended local yeshivas and, after high school, spent four years in advanced Talmud study.
—Joseph Berger, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024
Ironically, the Babylonian Talmud echoes this tradition, proudly claiming that Jesus was sentenced by a Jewish court for Jewish crimes and executed in a Jewish way, not a Roman one.
—Nathaniel Peters, National Review, 17 Feb. 2022
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