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Definition of Talmud
Talmud

The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised in the Pentateuch.

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Talmud Quotations

I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind.
Francis Bacon

My mother, whose family was heavily rabbinic, said she wanted me to continue the family tradition in the rabbinate. My father said he wanted me to be a scholar of the Talmud, but he wanted me to make my living in science.
Norman Lamm

If it be true that our people represent a high percentage of mental vigor, the distinction is probably due, in some measure, to the extremely important part which Talmud studies have played in the spiritual life of the race.
Abraham Cahan

It is written in the Jewish law book, the Talmud, that only the Jew is human, that Gentiles are only animals.
Julius Streicher

I argue that the Talmud is about the constant struggle to understand.
Arthur Hertzberg

In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study.
Norman Lamm

If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.
Abraham Cahan

Talmud Translations

Talmud in Dutch is Talmoed
Talmud in French is Talmud


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