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I argue that the Talmud is about the constant struggle to understand.
Arthur Hertzberg

Meaning of "Talmud" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TALMUD

From Hebrew talmūdh, literally: instruction, from lāmadh to learn.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TALMUD

Talmud  [ˈtælmʊd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TALMUD

noun
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Talmud is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TALMUD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Talmud

Talmud

The Talmud is a central text of Rabbinic Judaism. It is also traditionally referred to as Shas, a Hebrew abbreviation of shisha sedarim, the "six orders". The term "Talmud" normally refers to the Babylonian Talmud, though there is also an earlier collection known as the Jerusalem Talmud. The Talmud has two components. The first part is the Mishnah, the written compendium of Rabbinic Judaism's Oral Torah. The second part is the Gemara, an elucidation of the Mishnah and related Tannaitic writings that often ventures onto other subjects and expounds broadly on the Hebrew Bible. The term Talmud can be used to mean either the Gemara alone, or the Mishnah and Gemara as printed together. The whole Talmud consists of 63 tractates, and in standard print is over 6,200 pages long. It is written in Tannaitic Hebrew and Aramaic. The Talmud contains the teachings and opinions of thousands of rabbis on a variety of subjects, including Halakha, Jewish ethics, philosophy, customs, history, lore and many other topics. The Talmud is the basis for all codes of Jewish law and is much quoted in rabbinic literature.

Definition of Talmud in the English dictionary

The definition of Talmud in the dictionary is the primary source of Jewish religious law, consisting of the Mishnah and the Gemara. Other definition of Talmud is either of two recensions of this compilation, the Palestinian Talmud of about 375 ad, or the longer and more important Babylonian Talmud of about 500 ad.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TALMUD

Talmudic
Talmudical
Talmudism
Talmudist
talon
taloned
talooka
Talos

WORDS THAT END LIKE TALMUD

almud
Arnaud
bemud
bud
clear as mud
cloud
drag someone´s name in the mud
drilling mud
fraud
Freud
heavy mud
loud
Malamud
mud
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out loud
proud
someone´s name is mud
stick-in-the-mud
stud

Synonyms and antonyms of Talmud in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Talmud» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TALMUD

Find out the translation of Talmud to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Talmud from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Talmud» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

塔木德
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Talmud
570 millions of speakers

English

Talmud
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तल्मूड
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

التلمود
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Талмуд
278 millions of speakers

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Talmud
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইহুদীদের ধর্মীয় আইনের গ্র্রন্থ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Talmud
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Talmud
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Talmud
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

タルムード
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

탈무드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Talmud
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

pháp điển do thái
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டால்முத்தில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तल्मूड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yahudilerin kanun kitabı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Talmud
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Talmud
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Талмуд
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Talmud
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Ταλμούδ
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Talmud
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Talmud
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Talmud
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Talmud

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TALMUD»

The term «Talmud» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.863 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TALMUD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Talmud

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10 QUOTES WITH «TALMUD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Talmud.
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Abraham Cahan
If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.
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Abraham Cahan
If it be true that our people represent a high percentage of mental vigor, the distinction is probably due, in some measure, to the extremely important part which Talmud studies have played in the spiritual life of the race.
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Peter Eisenman
I'm a Larry David fan, right? And it seems to me that Jewish history from the Talmud on has been a self-deprecating, self-critical kind of humor.
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Arthur Hertzberg
I argue that the Talmud is about the constant struggle to understand.
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Norman Lamm
In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study.
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Norman Lamm
My mother, whose family was heavily rabbinic, said she wanted me to continue the family tradition in the rabbinate. My father said he wanted me to be a scholar of the Talmud, but he wanted me to make my living in science.
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Michel Onfray
I am a sworn atheist and therefore from my point of view the Talmud or the Koran don't constitute works of political philosophy but rather writings that stand in utter contradiction to concepts like logic, freedom, feminism, secularism, brotherhood - which are my ideals.
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Simon Schama
The Jews invented a portable religion in the shape of the Bible, the Torah, and eventually the Talmud, and with other portable forms of writing. So it's now possible to carry the religion, that is embedded in that writing, away from the ruins of political and military power.
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David Steinberg
On 'Curb Your Enthusiasm,' it takes almost a year to get 10 shows written. It always reminds me of my old yeshiva days, where you used to sit over a piece of Talmud and analyze everything that was going on.
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Julius Streicher
It is written in the Jewish law book, the Talmud, that only the Jew is human, that Gentiles are only animals.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TALMUD»

Discover the use of Talmud in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Talmud and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Jesus in the Talmud
Schäfer contends that these stories betray a remarkable familiarity with the Gospels--especially Matthew and John--and represent a deliberate and sophisticated anti-Christian polemic that parodies the New Testament narratives.
Peter Schäfer, 2009
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Becoming the People of the Talmud: Oral Torah as Written ...
The book concludes with a consideration of Rhineland Pietism's emergence in this context and suggests that two contemporaneous phenomena—the prominence of custom in medieval Ashkenazi culture and the novel Christian attack on ...
Talya Fishman, 2012
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Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash
Gunter Stemberger and Markus Bockmuehl have now produced this updated edition, which is a significant revision (completed in 1996) of the 1991 volume.
Hermann Leberecht Strack, Markus N. A. Bockmuehl, 1992
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The Essential Talmud
"This book is indispensable to those, Jews and Christians alike, who would like to gain an insight into what it is that moves the contemporary Jew." (Rabbi Solomon S. Bernards, B'Nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League)REVIEW: "Offers a ...
Adin Steinsaltz, 2013
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Learn Talmud
A study of the Talmud that applies traditional values to modern life.
Jacob Neusner, 1979
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American Talmud: The Cultural Work of Jewish American Fiction
In addition to the two parts of the Talmud, there are two distinct ver- sions of the Talmud that evolved over the centuries: The Babylonian Talmud (Talmud Bavli) and the Jerusalem Talmud (Talmud Yerushalmi). Although the Jerusalem Talmud ...
Ezra Cappell, 2012
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The Talmud: What it is and what it Says
Explores the historical context of the Talmud, defining its place and importance in today's society and culture.
Jacob Neusner, 2006
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Sacred Monsters: Mysterious and Mythical Creatures of ...
Did the Torah scholars of old believe in their existence? And if not, why did they describe these creatures? Sacred Monsters is a thoroughly revised and vastly expanded edition of the bestselling book Mysterious Creatures.
Nosson Slifkin, 2007
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The Talmud and the Internet: A Journey between Worlds
The Talmud and the Internet explores the contradictions of Rosen's inheritance and toggles between personal paradoxes and those of the larger world.
Jonathan Rosen, 2010
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A Guide to the Jerusalem Talmud
This book is a compilation and composition of the Jerusalem Talmud, the cultural, economic and political conditions in the Land of Israel during its development, the scholars who studied it throughout the generations, and a synopsis of ...
Heshey Zelcer, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TALMUD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Talmud is used in the context of the following news items.
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How the Talmud Became a Best-Seller in South Korea
In 2011, the South Korean Ambassador to Israel said on Israeli public television that “each Korean family has at least one copy of the Talmud.” Credit Illustration ... «The New Yorker, Jun 15»
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Extremists threaten to burn Talmud, rip Israeli flag, at London march …
Neo-nazis in the United Kingdom announced plans to burn the Talmud and shred Israeli flags at an upcoming early July march in London's Golders Green ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jun 15»
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Extremists plan to destroy Israeli flags and burn Talmud at Golders …
Organisers of the July 4 demonstration in Golders Green, north-west London, have also urged supporters to attend a secret burning of the Talmud ahead of the ... «Jewish Chronicle, Jun 15»
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Did Dr. Ruth Use the Talmud to Justify Rape?
Famed sex therapist and beloved IDF sniper, Dr. Ruth Westheimer has been making the media rounds touting her new book, “The Doctor Is In: Dr. Ruth on Love, ... «Jewish Daily Forward, Jun 15»
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Ofsted under fire after failing ultra-Orthodox Jewish school for being …
Talmud Torah Tiferes Shlomoh, in Golders Green, has been branded a failing school by Ofsted, which judged it spends too much time teaching Jewish religious ... «Ham&High, Apr 15»
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Not sure who to vote for in the Israeli election? Consult the Talmud
Thus begins page 17 of the Talmud's Tractate Voters. It continues: “One should not vote for Likud or Zionist Union or Shas or Yachad or Kulanu or Meretz or the ... «Haaretz, Mar 15»
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Op-Ed: On Valentine's Day, a sex lesson for men from the Talmud
The Talmud records that Rav Kahana was so eager to learn his master's secrets that he even once observed his teacher having sex. Kahana lay under the bed ... «Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Feb 15»
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What Jewish Law Says About 'Deflate-Gate'
To make his points, he cited the Exodus story, Talmud, the rabbinic authority Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, the Code of Jewish Law and prohibitions against theft of ... «Jewish Daily Forward, Jan 15»
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Tanks vs. Talmud: Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Soldiers
Their commitment to Talmudic studies means that only about 46 percent of working-age men in the community were employed in 2011, compared with 78 ... «Bloomberg, Nov 14»
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Pioneering online Talmud teacher dies at 56
Rabbi Dr. Judith Abrams, the founder and director of the online Talmud learning website, MAQOM, died of a heart attack Wednesday in Houston. She was 56. «The Times of Israel, Oct 14»

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