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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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Achieving greatness through torah study
Is there any source that says when one lowers himself (i.e. his dignity) or suffers embarrassment to learn Torah, he achieves greatness?
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Quote from Meseches Shabbos
I saw a quote in Meseches Shabbos that said, "If you want to do good, Hashem will help you accomplish it."
Does anyone know where in that Gemara I can find it?
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Elazar ben durdayah and the Metaphors
The Gemara in Avodah Zarah (17a) says:
“When Elazar ben durdayah was at the moment of the onset of cohabitation, [the harlot] blew with her mouth and said to Elazar, “Just as this current of air cann …
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Torah atones for all sins
I once read a quote that said, "Learning Torah atones for all sins."
Does anyone know where this Menachos, Kesubos or Eruvin?
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prayers ascending from Western Wall
I read somewhere that the Talmud says that all prayers from around the world ascend to Heaven from the Western Wall. (i.e. the kosel)
Does anyone know where in the Talmud that it says this?
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The Names of Yehudis, Antiyochus or Yochanan Kohein Godol in the Torah
The Gemara in Chullin 139b says the following:
From where in the Torah can one find an
allusion to the hanging of Haman? He replied: The verse states after
Adam ate from the tree of knowledge: …
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Rebbe Akiva's encounter with the stone
The Gemara in Kesubos 62b - 63a, "Rebbe Akiva was a shepherd for Ben Kalba Savua. His daughter saw that he was modest and of fine character. She asked him, ‘If I marry you, will you go to the Beis Med …
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Reviewing studies 40 times or 101 times?
The Gemara in Pesachim 72a says, "One, who reviews a subject 40 times, is guaranteed it will be rooted in his memory as if it were placed in his pocket."
However, the Mishnah Berurah 114:41 says, "R …
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The Medrash and Gemara about Hoshana Rabbah
I read on shirat devorah the following:
1) The Midrash tells us that G‑d told Abraham: “If atonement is not granted to your children on Rosh Hashanah, I will grant it on Yom Kippur; if they do not at …
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Where (in Talmud) does it say that people can see others' faults, but not their own?
Rav Michael Munk zt"l, quoted Bava Basra (16b) in his sefer The Wisdom in the Hebrew Alphabet, page 178, which states the following:
Many people see very clearly when observing the faults of other …
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the tzaddik decrees it and HaKadosh Baruch Hu fulfills it
The closest text we have is a Medrash but in the plural:
כְּשֶׁהַצַּדִּיקִים גּוֹזְרִים הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מְקַיֵּם דִּבְרֵיהֶם, when the tzaddikim decree, Hashem fulfills their words.
How …
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the tzaddik decrees it and HaKadosh Baruch Hu fulfills it
Someone mentioned that the Gemara in Mo'ed Katan (16b) says:
צדיק גוזר והקב"ה מקים, the tzaddik decrees it and HaKadosh Baruch Hu fulfills it.
I looked in Mo'ed Katan and could not find צדיק גוזר והק …
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