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The Talmud is a central text of Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, metaphorical stories, customs, and history.
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Sources for Raba bar bar Hana legends explanations
For a p'shat perspective, you can check out Mendel Wohlman's מסתרי האגדה, vol. 1, p. 95 and onwards (available on Otzar Hachochmah). He emphasized identifying the historical and geographical reality b …
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Is the quotation “The true shekinah is man” from the Talmud?
It doesn't appear to be from the Talmud. According to John Hruschka, "Carlyle's Rabbinical Hero: Teufelsdröckh and the Midrashic Tradition", Carlyle Annual 13 (1992/1993), pp. 102-103, it appears to b …
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Does the Talmud continue to use extra Tanachic sources?
As @TamirEvan stated in the comments, Ben-Sira appears a few times in the Talmud, for example:
Sanhedrin 100b:
"The verse states: “All the days of the poor are terrible” (Proverbs 15:15). The book of …
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Does the Talmud say that Jesus writhes in excrement and Mary was a prostitute?
I would say "maybe" or "it depends" to both.
In Gittin 56b-57a there's a story in which Onkelos bar Kalonikos, the nephew of Titus, wishes to convert to Judaism, but before that, consults three evil …
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Identity of Rabbi in Baba Bathra 14b
Hi and welcome to Mi Yodeya!
In this case it's Rabbi Yochanan bar Napacha, and the way to tell is simple: Rabbi Yochanan speaks here in the name of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, who lived a few generations …
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Source for electricity in the times of the Talmud?
Adding to what @simyou wrote, Éliphas Lévi likely read the story in Giulio Bartolucci's bio-bibliographical work "Bibliotheca Magna Rabbinica", vol. 3, pp. 833-835, where he brings a Latin translation …
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Opinion that Mashiach came already
As @DoubleAA wrote in the comments, it's from the gemara in Sanhedrin. The same quote appears in two places in the gemara: Sanhedrin 98b and 99a:
"ר' הילל אומר אין להם משיח לישראל שכבר אכלוהו בימי חז …
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Is there a connection between "מקום מים רעים" and "מקום מים יפים"?
In Avot D'Rabbi Nathan 14:6 it says:
"כשיצאו מלפניו הוא אמר אלך לדמסית למקום יפה ומים יפים ונאים והם אמרו נלך ליבנה למקום שתלמידי חכמים מרובים אוהבים את התורה הוא שהלך לדמסית למקום יפה ומים יפים ונאי …
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Why would a philosophical/theological argument require voting?
The Maharsha on Makkot 23b, D"H Taryag writes:
"...ואמר בזה דנמנו וגמרו ר"ל שבאו בזה למנין המצות שהלאוין הם יותר מהעשיים וע"כ הסכימו וגמרו לומר שלא נברא האדם בשביל עצמו ויותר היה טוב לו שלא נברא כי ה …
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Why in the braisa of Pinches ben Yair is piety or humility called "greater than" the other l...
Rabbi Shlomo Weitzen explains:
"בנוגע למה שכתוב שחסידות גדולה מכולם אין הכוונה שחסידות היא מדרגה רוחנית של התחנה הסופית. הכוונה היא במבחינת עבודת ה' ומבחינת שינוי העולם והבאתו למצב המתוקן העתידי שלו …
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Mediterranean Talmud
As I wrote in the comments, there were definitely other centers of Torah around the world.
We find that in Rome there were a number of sages:
Todus Ish Romi (Pesachim 53; there's a disagreement about …
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Which enemies was Rav Huna running away from?
According to Rabbi Ze'ev Yaavetz in Toldot Yisrael, Vol. 7, pp. 185-186, the enemies were the Christians (minim) who were now secretly part of the Roman government, in the days of Emperor Diocletian ( …
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Instances of Angels by name in Shas
A list of angels that appear in the Talmud, Midrash and Zohar (AKA Chazalic literature) was compiled by Rabbi Reuven Margolies in his book Mal'achei Elyon, which can be viewed (with payement) on Otzar …
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Why is Masechta Yoma not entitled more clearly after Yom Kippur like other masechtos reflect...
According to the gemara in Rosh Hashanah 21a, Yom Kippur was known in Babylon as "Yoma Rabbah" - The Great Day:
"רַב נַחְמָן יְתֵיב בְּתַעֲנִיתָא כּוּלֵּיהּ יוֹמֵי דְּכִיפּוּרֵי לְאוּרְתָּא אֲתָא הָה …
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From where do we get the birthplace of R Nehunia Ben Hakana?
This idea is brought by Rabbi Prof. Shmuel Klein in his book "Eretz Yehudah" (Land of Judah), pg. 94, footnote 11 as part of a hypothesis suggested by Avraham Geiger. He refers also to his own essay i …
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