Talmud

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• Is The Pope Catholic?

  
  What Do You Believe? — Authority: 429
  “Egregious Contempt” I was just banned from a so-called [Roman] “Catholic Answers Forum” for quoting from the Talmud. In response to someone’s question about whether or not there is really anything anti-Christian in The Babylonian Talmud (the primary Jewish “holy book”) I read numerous responses ...
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• Women should not learn torah their job is to cook and clean

  
  Frum Satire: Jewish Comedy — Authority: 499
  This is a lengthier version of the Vos Iz Neias comment of the day , due to the fact that the comments listed below are a great way to welcome new folks into the orthodox fold. I used to wonder why onb earth Vos Iz Neias would post articles that don’t really pertain to frummies like the following one about modern ...
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• “Thousands of Hamas Rockets” A DAY!

  
  Attending the World — Authority: 113
  Please “Help” Isra-hell     Posted in Al Aqsa, Apartheid, Arab, Bible, Charity, Christianity, Ethnic Cleansing, Gaza, Goldstone, Hebron, Jerusalem, Jesus, Jews, Middle East, Mossad, News & Views, Occupation, Palestine, Politics, Reflections, Religion, Resistance, Talmud, U.S., UN, War ...
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• Bava Batra 80a-b

  
  ShalomNewYork.com — Authority: 131
  (luxembourg gardens paris) photo by ShalomNewYork.com “Bee keeping and honey production were important sources of income during the time of the Mishnah. The Mishnah on today’s daf discusses the rules and regulations associated with the purchase of bees and their hives. According to the Mishnah, when someone ...
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• Torah in Motion Classes

  
  Menachem Mendel — Authority: 126
  Starting this week, Torah in Motion is offering a number of classes free-of-charge. This series has an excellent selection, ranging from Shai Secunda on “The Talmud and its World” to Dan Rabinowitz on “Forgeries and Censorship in Jewish Literature and Jewish Tradition.” These are just two of the very ...
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• What does the Talmud really say about working and secular knowledge?

  
  DovBear — Authority: 550
  by Lurker In his post from yesterday , SM contends that the rabbinic authorities in Babylon during the time of the Talmud espoused a philosophy that rejected interaction with the secular world, and looked down upon people who worked for a living, rather than devoting their time exclusively to Torah. He ...
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• Talmud in Antiquity and in the 21st c.

  
  Menachem Mendel — Authority: 126
  Here are two new books on Talmud that have recently been published. The first one is Marc Hirschman’s The Stabilization of Rabbinic Culture, 100 C.E. -350 C.E.: Texts on Education and Their Late Antique Context . For those who aren’t familiar with Hirshman’s work, you can find a talk of his, “Jewish and ...
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• AshkeNazis suddenly own these homes? There’s Democracy for “jew!”

  
  Attending the World — Authority: 113
  A Palestinian schoolgirl stands by Israeli Nazi forces outside a Palestinian house in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem Settlement by stealth belies promises of restraint Hillary Clinton has praised Israel for its policy on settlers but, the displacements go on By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem Maysaa Al-Kurd ...
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• WHATS A SELF-STYLED ZIONIST?

  
  REAL LIBERAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH — Authority: 128
  ... As for "self-styled [Zionist]," I put it that way because they are not Zionists. This is spiritually deep. David was admittedly confused. Zion was more than he knew. He knew it was supposed to be peaceful. He blamed those outside for starting the fighting. The real Zion is the peaceful Heaven in your mind and ...
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• Talmudic Tidbits

  
  Samuel J. Scott — Authority: 126
  Pirkei Avot is the section of the Mishnah that deals primarily with Jewish philosophy and ethical living. Here is the first part, with my literal translation from the Hebrew to accompany my following commentary.Moses received Torah* from Sinai** and handed down*** to Joshua; Joshua to the Elders [of the tribes of ...
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• What about the Talmudic Period?

  
  Menachem Mendel — Authority: 126
  The journal Zion has recently published an issue devoted to the study of Jewish history in Israel. It includes a number of very interesting historiographical studies by a number of scholars about how Israeli scholarship on certain historical periods has changed (or maybe not) over the years. One thing that I ...
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• Woman gassed by Orthodox Judaic for entering mens sidewalk

  
  On the Contrary — Authority: 421
  Editors Note : Valuable insight into Talmudic misogyny is afforded by this report from the Israeli newspaper Haaretz , of a prominent Orthodox Judaic ("Haredi") male, a spokesman for the Eda Haredit rabbinic community, gassing a Judaic woman because she dared to walk on the segregated, mens side of the street in ...
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• The Holy Zohar and the Influence of the Kabbalah

  
  History Blog — Authority: 120
  Of the dozens of texts held sacred by the school of Judaic mysticism known as Kabbalah, perhaps the most important is the Sefer Hazohar, (literally the Book of Splendor. Indeed, students of this collection of several lengthy Kabbalistic commentaries on the Torah — most commonly known in the West as the Holy Zohar ...
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• Received Up Into Glory

  
  EndrTimes — Authority: 443
  D id you know that the rabbis placed a curse on the reading of the book of Daniel? Listen— May the bones of the hands and the bones of the fingers decay and decompose, of him who turns the pages of the book of Daniel, to find out the time of Daniel 9:24-27 , and may his memory rot from off the face of the earth ...
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• VINDAF VIEWS: Bava Basra 65

  
  ShalomNewYork.com — Authority: 131
  “In honor Of Rav Meir Shapiro zatzal Founder of The Daf Yomi on his Yahrtzeit today zayin Cheshvan, VIN News is launching a daily Daf HaYomi column written by Rabbi Yair Hoffman.The column will highlight one issue of interest on the Daf. It is requested that the comment section for the column be reserved only for ...
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• Talmudic Tidbits

  
  Samuel J. Scott — Authority: 126
  Rabban Gamaliel the son of R. Judah the Prince said, Excellent is the study of the Law in combination with some worldly pursuit, for the exertion entailed by them both makes thoughts of sin to be forgotten. All study of the Law without toil must eventually prove futile and bring iniquity in its train.* (Pirkei [...]
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• Personal Update

  
  Samuel J. Scott — Authority: 126
  JERUSALEM — I have started studying part-time at the Machon Meir yeshiva here. Since religion and theology are two of the many topics that I discuss on this blog, I will share any interesting insights that I discover.
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• Methodology and Literary Studies

  
  Menachem Mendel — Authority: 126
  Mary Kate Hurley has a very interesting post at In the Middle , “Is There a Methodology in this Class.” From the title, it is not surprisingly in response to a talk by Stanley Fish . The post raises a number of very important questions which hopefully many who study Talmudic and Rabbinic literature ...
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• Goldstone: The Enemy’s way of thinking!

  
  Attending the World — Authority: 113
  The enemy is the only appropriate reference to the NaZionist and illegal state improperly named Israel. For Israel was Jacob, a great Prophet. The country that uses his name is but the Devil himself. As such, the enemy’s way of thinking is simply mind boggling. They really think that they are a victim of a ...
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• On the Rabbinic Concept of Exegesis: A Quote from Faur

  
  Drew Kaplan's Blog — Authority: 118
  A somewhat interesting rabbinic statement that is not easy of which to make heads or tails is found on page 5a in the Babylonian Talmud in the tractate of Berakhot : א"ר לוי בר חמא אמר ר שמעון בן לקיש מאי דכתיב (שמות כד) ואתנה לך את לוחות האבן והתורה ...
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