Talmud

noun

: the authoritative body of Jewish tradition comprising the Mishnah and Gemara
Talmudic
tal-ˈmü-dik How to pronounce Talmud (audio)
-ˈmyü-
-ˈmə-;
täl-ˈmu̇-
adjective
talmudism noun often capitalized

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But the leaders of the two schools, Yeshiva Talmud Torah of Kasho and Yeshiva Bnei Shimon Yisroel of Sopron, which are housed in three locations in Williamsburg, refused even to meet with education officials to work on an improvement plan. Eliza Shapiro, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025 The schools are two locations of Yeshiva Bnei Shimon Yisroel of Sopron, and Talmud Torah of Kasho, the Education Department confirmed. Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025 One group met over breakfast each morning to study a page of Talmud. Yonat Shimron, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025 As the Book of Life and Death is open, one wraps in white, believing and knowing the outcome will be good (Jerusalem Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 1:3). Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 7 Oct. 2024 Only a minority of haredi men are currently employed (the rest study Talmud full time). Jeffrey Goldberg, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2013 The idea was that the Jewish community, decimated by the Holocaust, could revive the study of Torah and Talmud, the rabbinical discussion of Jewish law. Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, 25 June 2024 Both the Jewish Talmud and the Quran teach a powerful ethical lesson. Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2024 He was born in 1923 into a strictly observant Jewish family in Pittsburgh and was expected to become a Rabbi like his father, a Talmud scholar. Christian House, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Late Hebrew talmūdh, literally, instruction

First Known Use

1532, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Talmud was in 1532

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“Talmud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Talmud. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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Talmud

noun
: the writings that declare Jewish law and tradition
Talmudic
tal-ˈmüd-ik How to pronounce Talmud (audio)
-ˈmyüd-
-ˈməd-
täl-ˈmu̇d-
adjective

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