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Is the Munich Talmud manuscript censored?
I was listening to a Chabad.org presentation about The Munich Talmud, a 1300s handwritten Talmud. My question is: Is that Talmud censored?
Wikipedia says it is not censored and that it is a faithful ...
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Censorship of halachic Jewish sources?
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The Vilna Gaon said one can make a berakhah without a kippah, since wearing a kippah is only a midos chassidus ("exemplary attribute"). In the 21st century, there has been an ...
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Restored Sections of the Talmud
Koren Publishers restored sections of the Talmud that had been removed due to censorship. Have any other publishers of Shas done the same thing?
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What is the current Ashkenazic practice on the Alenu?
The Alenu is part of our daily liturgy. It says:
It is our duty to praise the Master of all... who has not made us like the nations of the lands, nor placed us like the families of the earth; who ...
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Censored letters of the book Peri Haarets
I am looking for an uncensored version of the letters, from which we have a censored version in the standard versions of the Peri Haarets. I would appreciate some links.
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Peri Haarets is the ...
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Are there examples of Sasanian censorship in the Bavli?
The talmud Bavli was compiled and edited in Iraq while Jews were under the rulership of the Sasanian empire. There are (unfortunately) ample examples of the Bavli being censored by Christians I would ...
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What is the phrase in the Munich talmud, that is used in sanhedrin 59a, for what became oved kochavim?
What is the phrase in the Munich talmud, sanhedrin 59a, for what became 'oved kochavim'?
I can see a talmud online that is probably censored.
https://www.sefaria.org/Sanhedrin.59a?lang=bi
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Are there references to Jesus in the Jerusalem Talmud?
In my online search I have not come across any references to Jesus in the Talmud Yerushalmi. I realize in the Bavli sometimes he is not identified by name or passages are censored/removed. I would ...
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Is something missing from Menachot 63b?
In the classic Vilna printing of the Talmud, there is a significant amount of white space present underneath Menachot 63b.
Why is this the case? Is there something missing that used to be there in ...
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What are the earliest accusations of censorship in rabbinic literature?
Sefarim are sometimes censored for various reasons. It used to be mostly external censorship, but nowadays I think it is mostly internal censorship.
When people print sefarim and censor them, they ...
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History of Talmudic Censorship
I'm looking for literature on the history of Talmudic censorship. I would prefer the material be in English, but Hebrew is also OK.
Related post: Talmudic Censorship
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Did a synod in Poland in 1631 decree the censorship of some parts of the Talmud?
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some parts censored in the Talmud, I read in a website the following story:
... In 1631, a Jewish synod in Poland ordered the offending passages
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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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Talmudic Censorship
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.
Why aren't these ...
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