Talmud

noun

Tal·​mud ˈtäl-ˌmu̇d  ˈtal-məd 

: the authoritative body of Jewish tradition comprising the Mishnah and Gemara

Talmudic

tal-ˈmü-dik 

-ˈmyü-

-ˈmə-;

täl-ˈmu̇-

adjective

talmudism

ˈtäl-ˌmu̇-ˌdi-zəm 

ˈtal-

-mə-

noun often capitalized

Examples of Talmud in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the leaders of the two schools, Yeshiva Talmud Torah of Kasho and Yeshiva Bnei Shimon Yisroel of Sopron, which are housed in three locations in Williamsburg, refused even to meet with education officials to work on an improvement plan. —Eliza Shapiro, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025

The schools are two locations of Yeshiva Bnei Shimon Yisroel of Sopron, and Talmud Torah of Kasho, the Education Department confirmed. —Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025

One group met over breakfast each morning to study a page of Talmud. —Yonat Shimron, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025

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). —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

Word History

Etymology

Late Hebrew talmūdh, literally, instruction

First Known Use

1532, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing Talmud

• the Talmud

Kids Definition

Talmud

noun

Tal·​mud ˈtäl-ˌmu̇d  ˈtal-məd 

: the writings that declare Jewish law and tradition

Talmudic

tal-ˈmüd-ik 

-ˈmyüd-

-ˈməd-

täl-ˈmu̇d-

adjective