Rather than analyzing the halachic material in the Gemara, as one might naturally ... his primarily approach to the Talmud and its sages is quite traditional. He does not approach the Gemara ...

Inside these boxes, he said, was parchment that contained verses from one of ... of Talmud” as the Jews do. “Our Talmud book,” he said, “is kind of a story about our life.” ...

“We should learn Gemara sometime,” he said, using the traditional term for Talmud ... one of those things that the rabbis held could go from a monetary offense to a life-and-death matter.

I wanted to study the Talmud because it is foundational to literate Jewish life ... caught one another’s mistakes or mishaps, such as when Rav Sheshet said of a colleague, “He must have ...

he has not truly honored his father. On the other hand, assisting one’s father in regular work is indeed a form of respect. Rashi then cites a passage from the Palestinian Talmud about a man who ...

It’s easy to see why Jews would celebrate this tribute from one of humanity ... Tchernowitz spent his life pursuing a synthesis between the two. As a youth, he studied the Talmud and its ...

No tailgaters were seen around the parking lot before the event, but at least one participant could be spotted lugging in a bag of snacks as he ... of life. "Learning [the Talmud ...

Rabbi Yitzchak Falk and his wife, Rachel, a pair of Orthodox Jewish instructors, have come to the University to help teach students about the Torah, the Talmud and other essential parts of Jewish life ...

The Talmud, the book of Jewish law, is one of the most challenging ... Einstein was asked what he would do differently if he could live his life again, he replied without hesitation: "I would ...