You don’t have to know Hebrew or Aramaic any more to become a talmudic scholar. Indeed, say those behind the Schottenstein Artscroll English translation of the Talmud — whose 73rd and final volume ...
Last time we considered the nature of Talmudic debate. We concluded with the sealing of the Talmud. Let’s now address post-Talmudic machloket. The manner in which halachic questions are addressed ...
We now turn to the next stage, the proliferation of debate following the deaths of Shammai and Hillel. Shammai died in the year 30 CE and Hillel in the year 10 CE and the Temple’s destruction was ...
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In the Talmud, a pagan asks the first-century B.C. sage Hillel the Elder to teach him the whole Torah while he stands on one foot. Hillel replies with the Golden Rule: “That which is hateful to you, ...
Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by Senior Writer Benyamin Cohen. Last week, in ...
During the Lenten season of 2004 there was considerable fury over Mel Gibson's film The Passion of the Christ and its depiction of Jewish leaders conspiring to hand Jesus over to the Romans for ...
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