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Talmud, The: the basic compendium of Jewish law and thought; its tractates mainly comprise the discussions collectively known as the Gemara, which elucidate the germinal statements of law (mishnayot) collectively known as the Mishnah; when unspecified refers to the Talmud Bavli, the edition developed in Babylonia, and edited at the end of the fifth century C.E.; the Talmud Yerushalmi is the edition compiled in the Land of Israel at the end of the fourth century C.E.

Classes, in-depth lectures, overviews and more on the Mishnah and Gemara

The Talmud is the mainstay of the Jewish oral tradition. Explore this important area of Jewish scholarship with our array of classes, in depth-lectures, overviews and more on the Mishnah and Gemara

Introductory Text-based Talmud Study

By Eliezer Wolf

These Talmud classes will be studying and analyzing the third chapter of tractate Bava Metzia, which presents the Jewish approach in many matters of civil law, particularly vis--vis the different degrees of liability assumed by guardians, renters and bor...

How deep can Talmud go?

By Tzvi Freeman

Quantum logic helps explain a halachic ruling of Maimonides, a puzzling story of the Talmud, a Midrash about the splitting of the Sea of Reeds, and a rabbinic teaching about the relationship between Torah and existence.

An Introduction to Talmud

By Eliezer Wolf

This introductory class to Talmud explores the rich history of the Oral Tradition, explains the structure of the Talmud, introduces some of its famed personalities and presents the layout of the Talmud page.

By Yehuda Leib Schapiro

This class clarifies what the Talmud consists of, its function and how it embodies the entire Oral Torah.

By Adin Even-Israel (Steinsaltz)

Rabbi Steinsaltz introduces the "Oral Law" (the Talmud and associated works) and contrasts it with the "Written Law" (the Bible). He discusses some of the features that make the Talmud a unique work and suggests that it can only be understood properly if ...

By Adin Even-Israel (Steinsaltz)

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz Even-Israel provides an introduction to the Jewish Oral Law as a preface to his discussion on the Jewish perspective to medical ethics.

A Text-Based, Skills-Building Talmud Class

By Mendel Kaplan

Learn how to study Talmud line-by-line and word-by-word. In this intermediate level class you will learn to understand the unique give-and-take style of Talmudic argument.

Scroll Down - Part 7

By Michael Chighel

Since the redaction of the Talmud around the year 500, no single text apart from the Torah itself has played a more vital role in the preservation and development of Jewish education. What is the Talmud?

How and why was the Oral Torah written?

By Yehuda Shurpin

The Talmud is a collection of writings that covers the full gamut of Jewish law and tradition

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