** The Talmud: A Reference Guide, Adin Steinsaltz, ( Random House, 1996 ).

Title page from Nachman Krochmal's Guide for the Perplexed of the Time. He began the study of the Talmud at an early age.

Mevo Hatalmud ( The Student's Guide Through the Talmud, English edition published by Feldheim, 1952 ) deals with both the Halakha, the legal aspects of the Talmud, and the Aggadah, the non-legal portions.

The Students ' Guide Through The Talmud, 2 ed., Jacob Shachter, Yashar Books, 2005.

Other well-known rabbis who are reincarnationists include Rabbi Yonassan Gershom, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, Talmud scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, Rabbi DovBer Pinson, Rabbi David M. Wexelman, Rabbi Zalman Schachter, and many others.

In the relatively calm academic world Jacob Neusner's combatively titled How Adin Steinsaltz Misrepresents the Talmud.

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz writes that " If the Bible is the cornerstone of Judaism, then the Talmud is the central pillar ... No other work has had a comparable influence on the theory and practice of Jewish life, shaping influence on the theory and practice of Jewish life " and states:

* The Essential Talmud: Thirtieth Anniversary Edition, Adin Steinsaltz ( Basic Books, 2006 ).

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz translates " Yeshu " as " Jesus " in his translation of the Talmud.

The Jerusalem Talmud has also received some attention from Adin Steinsaltz, who plans a translation into modern Hebrew and accompanying explanation similar to his work on the Babylonian Talmud.

In the censorship and self-censorship of the Talmud which followed Adin Steinsaltz notes that references to Christianity were censored out of the Talmud, even where the reference was not negative.

*" The Essential Talmud ", Adin Steinsaltz, Basic Books ; 1984

The Steinsaltz editions of the Talmud include translation from the original Aramaic and a comprehensive commentary.

Steinsaltz completed his Hebrew edition of the entire Babylonian Talmud in November 2010, at which time Koren Publishers Jerusalem became the publisher of all of his works, including the Talmud.

Over 2 million volumes of the Steinsaltz Talmud have been distributed to date.

The out of print Random House publication of The Talmud: The Steinsaltz Edition is widely regarded as the most accurate and least redacted of any English language edition and is sought after on that basis by scholars and collectors.

Controversial Talmud passages previously obscured, omitted entirely or confined to footnotes in English translations like the Soncino Talmud, receive full exposition in the Steinsaltz Talmud.

Random House halted publication of the Steinsaltz Talmud after less than one-third of the English translation had been published.

The Steinsaltz editions of the Talmud have opened up the world of Talmud study to thousands of people outside the walls of the traditional yeshiva, including women, who traditionally were not taught Talmud.

In all, Steinsaltz has authored some 60 books and hundreds of articles on subjects including Talmud, Jewish mysticism, Jewish philosophy, sociology, historical biography, and philosophy.

On 9 February 2012, Steinsaltz was honored by Israeli President Shimon Peres with Israel's first President's Prize for his scholarship in Talmud.

One is the Steinsaltz Talmud, now published by Koren Publishers Jerusalem, which contains the text with punctuation, detailed explanations and a modern Hebrew translation.

Jewish theologians, who choose to emphasize the more evolutionary nature of the Halacha point to a famous story in the Talmud, where Moses is miraculously transported to the House of Study of Rabbi Akiva and is clearly unable to follow the ensuing discussion.

The oldest full manuscript of the Talmud is from 1342, known as the Munich Talmud and was purchased in a hotly contested auction from New York based Christies by Tyndale House of the UK.

Unlike divorce, mi ' un was regarded with distaste by many rabbinic writers, even in the Talmud ; in earlier classical Judaism, one major faction-the House of Shammai-argued that such annulment rights only existed during the betrothal

Ashan is the secret ingredient in the incense that made the smoke rise, which according to the Talmud the House of Avitnas never revealed.

The temples not only serve as places of worship but also provide lessons on the sacred texts and the Talmud for both children and adults, along with courses in Modern Hebrew, while other social facilities include a kindergarten, an old people's home, A guest house, The Kosher House Giardino dei Melograni, a Kosher Restaurant " Hostaria del Ghetto " and a bakery.

( It should be noted that in the account given of the same events, in rabbinic sources ( b. Talmud Shabbat 99a ; Exodus Rabbah 41 ) and in the Qur ' an, Aaron is not the idol-maker and upon Moses ' return begged his pardon as he had felt mortally threatened by the Israelites ( Quran 7: 142-152 ).

As the scene of his activity, Rav first chose Nehardea, where the exilarch appointed him agoranomos, or market-master, and Rabbi Shela made him lecturer ( amora ) of his college ( Jerusalem Talmud Bava Batra v. 15a ; Yoma, 20b ).

In this noble prayer are evinced profound religious feeling and exalted thought, as well as ability to use the Hebrew language in a natural, expressive, and classical manner ( Jerusalem Talmud Rosh Hashanah i. 57a ).

*" Man will be called to account for having deprived himself of the good things which the world offered " ( Jerusalem Talmud Kiddushin end ).

It is not clear why the present order of the books in the Tanakh does not match the order given in the Talmud ( nor does it match that of the Christian Old Testament ).

Also, according to the Talmud Yerushalmi, David was born and died on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot ( Feast of Weeks ).

The Beit Yosef is a huge commentary on the Tur in which Rabbi Karo traces the development of each law from the Talmud through later rabbinical literature ( examining thirty-two authorities, beginning with the Talmud and ending with the works of Rabbi Israel Isserlein ).

( Talmud tractate Megillah 15a ).

( Talmud Shabbat 127a ).

" ( Talmud Sanhedrin 34a ).

According to Rabbinic tradition, all valid interpretations of the written Torah were revealed to Moses at Sinai in oral form, and handed down from teacher to pupil ( The oral revelation is in effect coextensive with the Talmud itself ).

Yom Kippur is considered, along with 15th of Av, as the happiest days of the year ( Talmud Bavli-Tractate Ta ' anit ).

Beruryah however was actually remembered with great respect in the Talmud where she is lauded to have been reputed as such a genius that she studied “ three hundred Halachot from three hundred sages in just one day ” ( Pesachim 62b ).

In addition to bridging this class gap, Hasidic teachings sought to reintroduce joy in the performance of the commandments and in prayer through the popularisation of Jewish mysticism ( this joy had been suppressed in the intense intellectual study of the Talmud ).

These families are from the tribe of Levi ( Levites ) and in twenty-four instances are called by scripture as such ( Jerusalem Talmud to Mishnaic tractate Maaser Sheini p. 31a ).

He is famed as the author of a comprehensive commentary on the Talmud, as well as a comprehensive commentary on the Tanakh ( Hebrew Bible ).

Voluminous supercommentaries have been published on Rashi's commentaries on the Bible and Talmud, including Gur Aryeh by Rabbi Judah Loew ( the Maharal ), Sefer ha-Mizrachi by Rabbi Elijah Mizrachi ( the Re ' em ), and Yeri ' ot Shlomo by Rabbi Solomon Luria ( the Maharshal ).

Observance of Sukkot is detailed in the Book of Nehemiah and Leviticus 23: 34-44 in the Bible, the Mishnah ( Sukkah 1: 1 – 5: 8 ); the Tosefta ( Sukkah 1: 1 – 4: 28 ); and the Jerusalem Talmud ( Sukkah 1a –) and Babylonian Talmud ( Sukkah 2a – 56b ).

The Talmud Bavli consists of documents compiled over the period of Late Antiquity ( 3rd to 5th centuries ).

A page number in the Talmud refers to a double-sided page, known as a daf ; each daf has two amudim labeled and, sides A and B ( Recto and Verso ).

Another influential medieval Halakhic work following the order of the Babylonian Talmud, and to some extent modelled on Alfasi, was " the Mordechai ", a compilation by Mordechai ben Hillel ( c. 1250 – 1298 ).

By far the best known commentary on the Babylonian Talmud is that of Rashi ( Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac, 1040 – 1105 ).

The Tosafot are collected commentaries by various medieval Ashkenazic Rabbis on the Talmud ( known as Tosafists ).