The Talmud
The Talmud
The Talmudis a central text of Rabbinic Judaism. It is also traditionally referred to as Shas, a Hebrew abbreviation of shisha sedarim, the "six orders", a reference to the six orders of the Mishnah. The term "Talmud" normally refers to the collection of writings named specifically the Babylonian Talmud, although there is also an earlier collection known as the Jerusalem Talmud, or Palestinian Talmud. When referring to post-biblical periods, namely those of the creation of the Talmud, the Talmudic academies...
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Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, grow, grow.
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Loving kindness is greater than laws; and the charities of life are more than all ceremonies.
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There is no pity for a man who moans about living in one town and does not move to another.
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Who can protest an injustice but does not is an accomplice to the act
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Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world
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Who is a hero? He who conquers his urges
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Who is a wise man? He who learns of all men.
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Who is wise? One who learns from all.
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Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend's friend has a friend; be discreet.
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When you teach your son, you teach your son's son.
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To break an oral agreement which is not legally binding is morally wrong
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There are stars who's light only reaches the earth long after they have fallen appart. There are people who's remembrance gives light in this world, long after they have passed away. This light shines in our darkest nights on the road we must follow.
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When a scholar goes to seek out a bride he should take along an ignoramus as an expert
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The deeper the sorrow the less the tongue has it.