After a decade-long break, I am back to studying Talmud. It was my friend Ben who suggested it, about a year ago. “We should learn Gemara sometime,” he said, using the traditional term for Talmud. It ...
Sefaria, a website that aims to put the nearly infinite Jewish canon online for free, has published an acclaimed translation of the Talmud in English. NEW YORK (JTA) — For centuries, studying a page ...
I feel truly blessed that I have been taught “how to think” through the lens of the Talmud, and this has crossed over into every arena of life. I am who I am today because of the Talmud. This could ...
Maggie Anton is the award-winning author of “Rashi's Daughters,” historical novels set in the household of the great medieval Jewish scholar, whose daughters studied Talmud when these sacred texts ...
(JTA) — My Jewish Learning is launching a Talmud study series to coincide with the renewal of the Daf Yomi cycle on Jan. 5. Sometimes referred to as the world’s largest book club, Daf Yomi is a ...
Among devout Orthodox Jews, the intense study of Talmud is no longer just a man's world. Women are increasingly delving into this central religious work, and American expats in Israel are at the ...
The gathering of 90,000 Jews at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium on August 1 is the culmination of what could be seen as the world’s largest book club celebrating the completion of one of the world’s ...
The prospect of studying Talmud for a week seemed intimidating to Noah Rubin-Blose, who grew up culturally Jewish and wasn’t too familiar with the Hebrew letters, much less the central texts of ...
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More than 90,000 Jews braved the cold at Met Life Stadium in New Jersey Wednesday to celebrate the historic completion of the study of the entire Talmud, sending a strong message of resilience days ...
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