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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The burden is equal to the horse's strength.
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The Divine Spirit does not reside in any except the joyful heart
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Sin is sweet in the beginning, but bitter in the end.
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Only a fraction of a man's virtues should be enumerated in his presence
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He who is without a wife dwells without blessing, life, joy, help, good, and peace
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The day is short, the labor long, the workers are idle, and reward is great, and the Master is urgent
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How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happened
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Everyone whose deeds are more than his wisdom, his wisdom endures; and everyone whose wisdom is more than his deeds, his wisdom does not endure.
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Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth - which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives - they go only as far as the grave and leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond th
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Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives; they go only as far as the grave, leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond the grave.
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Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.
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Richer is one hour of repentance and good works in this world than all of life of the world to come; and richer is one hour's calm of spirit in the world to come than all of life of this world
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Don't use the conduct of a fool as a precedent
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Do not decide that someone is good until you see how he or she acts at home