Hundreds of thousands of Jews, men and women, in Israel and all over the world, are finishing these days the seven and half year cycle of Talmud study, called the “Daf Yomi.” Every day a page of the ...
If you asked most people what the Talmud is, they would probably say it’s a book of laws. That is only partially true: It’s an inter-generational discussion about Jewish law, with the formal ...
Tuesday nights in Indianapolis, I have been teaching an introduction to the classic literature of Judaism. This last Tuesday, the topic was the Talmud, an amazing book, unique in world literature, but ...
Brett Stephens’ recent Op-ed in the NY Times on The Secret of Jewish Genius generated much discussion and controversy. However in my view the most important point of his article was a very brief ...
The Talmud is a stupendous post-Biblical work which gathers up the results of Jewish legal, ethical, and religious discussions extending over several centuries. This is all that most people know about ...
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — The scene: A classroom in a building next to Jerusalem’s Great Synagogue. About twenty women in headscarves and wigs sit poring over texts. One, in the back row, is nursing an ...
Rabbi Professor David Golinkin is president and professor of Jewish law at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. For 20 years he served as chair of the Va’ad Halakhah (Law Committee) ...
More than 350 people attended a program at Congregation B'nai Tzedek on Sunday, March 26, in celebration of the dedication of a Talmud donated by Dalbert and Nancy Ginsberg and family, in memory of ...
The Babylonian Talmud. Seder Nezikin. Translated into English under the editorship of Rabbi Dr. I. Epstein. Soncino Press, London. The Talmud is a stupendous post-Biblical work which gathers up the ...
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