Category Archives: Talmud

Babylonian Talmud is now free online in English and Modern Hebrew translation

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Luke Ford

Talmud link here. Tabletmag.com: One of the most accessible Hebrew and English translations of the Babylonian Talmud is going open source. Today, Sefaria, an online nonprofit bringing traditional Jewish texts to the internet, announced that it will be posting the … Continue reading →

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The Talmudic Argument For a More Ethical Financial System

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Luke Ford

Jon Lukomnik writes: It takes some chutzpah to write a book that takes on the whole financial system, let alone a plan to fix it. But that’s the task my co-authors and I undertook in writing “What They Do With … Continue reading →

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Jewish Racial Purity

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Luke Ford

Adam Kirsch writes about tractate Kiddushin, the current portion of the Talmud studied in the daily practice of “Daf Yomi” — a folio page of Talmud a day: …21st-century geneticists discovered what they called the Cohen Modal Haplotype, a set … Continue reading →

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Becoming the People of the Talmud: Oral Torah as Written Tradition in Medieval Jewish Cultures by Talya Fishman

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Luke Ford

“Zachary Braiterman teaches modern Jewish thought and philosophy in the Department of Religion at Syracuse University.” He writes: About a year ago, I penned online at Zeek Magazine a vicious attack on the Tikvah Fund and the Jewish Review of … Continue reading →

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The Talmud Does Not Permit Sex With A Three Year Old

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Luke Ford

I’ve gone through most of the Talmud and these passages are the most disturbing to me. What I have to keep in mind is that they are discussing dowries and financial arrangements, not permitted sex. Written by Gil Student: The … Continue reading →

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