The Talmud is almost as sacred to Jews as Scripture, but by no means does every Jew know what is in it. English editions of the 20-volume compilation of law and learning run to several hundred dollars ...

As a rabbi who has spent many years learning and teaching Talmud to life to students of all ages and backgrounds, many people have asked me to comment on Miriam Anzovin’s Daf Reactions on TikTok. As I ...

Part Six: What Jews Who Know Authentic Judaism Believe: The Architecture of Judaism — The Talmud, the Halakhic Codes, and Authoritative Rabbinic Responsa (For Ellen of blessed memory.) This is a ...

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 ...

When Henry Lowenthal used to prepare for business trips, he’d pack a bag full of typical travel sundries — along with a photocopied packet of pages from the Talmud. As a top financial officer of ...

Join Gila Silverman, director of Jewish lifelong learning with the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, for a three-week online course titled “Jewish Lives: Rabbi Akiva: Sage of the Talmud.” Born in the ...

When people picture a rabbi, they may imagine a man standing in front of a congregation in a synagogue. But “rabbi” means ...

Kestenbaum and Company is also selling a copy of the “Jew Bill,” which finally gave Maryland Jews equal rights to Christians in 1826.The post First English language kosher cookbook, papal ...

In early January, as Orthodox Jewish men held gatherings to mark the end of the cycle, called Siyum HaShas, Orthodox women in Israel held their own large-scale Talmud celebration for the first time.

In the vibrant Jewish community of Venice during the mid-16th century, two Hebrew printing presses were locked in fierce competition: the Justinian Press, led by Marco Justinian; and its archrival, ...

The Talmud teaches Jews to kill Christian children, Dr. Raoul Poulin, a Conservative candidate in the general election to the Quebec Legislature now in progress, declared at an election meeting which ...