Questions tagged [anti-semitism]
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Identification of Censored Areas of Talmud
Unfortunately, the Talmud and other writings have been subject to censorship since their completion. These alterations seem still to be present in many modern editions of the Talmud.
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Benefitting from desecrated tombstones
We learn in Sanhedrin 48a:
ת"ש נפש שבנאו לשם חי מותר בהנאה הוסיף בו דימוס אחד לשם מת אסור בהנאה הכא במאי עסקינן דרמא ביה מת
Come and hear! A tomb built for a man still alive, may be used. If, ...
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Saving a non-Jew from drowning
Some Boston-area yeshivah students recently saved a man from drowning who they didn't know was a Nazi supporter. In a comment on the story, someone claimed that the Halakhah (i.e. Jewish law) says to ...
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List of Greek-Roman decrees against Jewish rituals in ancient Israel
I'm confused by the prevalence of the Talmudic accounts of various Greek/Roman administrative decrees against the Jews and Jewish rituals/Torah study. On the other hand, most of the historical ...
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Who would convert Nebuzardan?
In Gemara Gittin 57b we find a story about Nebuzardan "taking revenge" for the murder of Zechariah Hanavi.
To make a long story short, after he literally slaughters thousands of Jewish men, women ...
