The names are indeed unattested in Persian texts as gods, however the Talmud ( Sanhedrin 61b ) and Rashi both record a practice of deifying Haman and Josephus speaks of him being worshipped.

In the Talmud ( Tractate Sanhedrin 38b ), Adam was initially created as a golem ( גולם ) when his dust was " kneaded into a shapeless husk.

The Noahide laws are derived in the Talmud ( Tractate Sanhedrin 57a ), and are listed here:

" ( Talmud Sanhedrin 34a ).

The Babylonian Talmud, tractate Sanhedrin, contains a long discussion of the events leading to the coming of the Messiah, for example:

The Talmud records a tradition that unattributed statements of the law represent the views of Rabbi Meir ( Sanhedrin 86a ), which supports the theory ( recorded by Rav Sherira Gaon in his famous Iggeret ) that he was the author of an earlier collection.

While the Bet Habechirah is extant for all of Talmud, we only have the Yad Ramah for Tractates Sanhedrin, Baba Batra and Gittin.

Balaam is pictured as blind of one eye and lame in one foot ( Talmud Sanhedrin 105a ); and his disciples ( followers ) are distinguished by three morally corrupt qualities, supposedly the very opposite of those characterizing the disciples of Abraham ( Ab.

It is also reported as being present in the acts of public prayer, (" Whenever ten are gathered for prayer, there the Shekhinah rests " Talmud Sanhedrin 39a ); righteous judgment (" when three sit as judges, the Shekhinah is with them.

" The Talmud ( Sanhedrin 4b ) explains that the word ṭoṭafot is combination of two foreign words: Tot means " two " in the " Caspi " language and Fot means " two " in the " Afriki " language, hence tot and fot means " two and two ", corresponding to the four compartments of the head-tefillin.

" The Holy One, blessed be His name, said to Elijah, ' Behold, the precious gift which I have bestowed on my world: though a man sins again and again, but returns in penitence, I will receive him '" ( Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin 28b ).

The Talmud ( tractate Sanhedrin ) identifies two classes of rabbinical courts called Sanhedrin, a Great Sanhedrin ( בית דין הגדול ) and a Lesser Sanhedrin ( בית דין הקטן ).

The Sanhedrin met in a building known as the Hall of Hewn Stones ( Lishkat Ha-Gazith ), which has been placed by the Talmud and many scholars as built into the north wall of the Temple Mount, half inside the sanctuary and half outside, with doors providing access both to the Temple and to the outside.

The Talmud also states: " Righteous people of all nations have a share in the world to come " ( Sanhedrin 105a ).

The Talmud extensively details the advent of the Messiah ( Sanhedrin 98a, et al.

It was probably this Hillel that declared, " The Jews have no Messiah to expect, for they have already consumed him in the days of Hezekiah " ( Talmud, tracate Sanhedrin 99a ).

31 ; Talmud Sanhedrin 99 ).

Shefa -' Amr is mentioned in the Talmud as one of the cities that contained the seat of the Jewish Sanhedrin.

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After his conversion, the Talmud records a story of how the Roman emperor tried to have Onkelos arrested ( Avodah Zarah 11a ).

The Talmud states that the fetus is not yet a full human being until it has been born ( either the head or the body is mostly outside of the woman ), therefore killing a fetus is not murder, and abortion-in restricted circumstances-has always been legal under Jewish law.

Rashi, the great 12th century commentator on the Bible and Talmud, states clearly of the fetus lav nefesh hu: " it is not a person.

" The Babylonian Talmud Yevamot 69b states that: " the embryo is considered to be mere water until the fortieth day.

Rava states in the Babylonian Talmud that although Ezekiel describes the appearance of the throne of God ( Merkabah ), this is not because he had seen more than the prophet Isaiah, but rather because the latter was more accustomed to such visions ; for the relation of the two prophets is that of a courtier to a peasant, the latter of whom would always describe a royal court more floridly than the former, to whom such things would be familiar.

However, the Talmud states that in exceptional cases, the Sages had the authority to " uproot matters from the Torah " in certain cases.

Similarly, the Talmud ( Berakhoth 61. a ) states that one of the two kidneys counsels what is good, and the other evil.

The Babylonian Talmud ( Hagiga 14a ) states that there were either six hundred or seven hundred orders of the Mishnah.

The Roman-Jewish historian Flavius Josephus states that three of the seven lamps were allowed to burn during the day also ; however, according to the Talmud ( Rashi, Tractate Shabbat 22b ), only the center lamp was left burning all day, into which as much oil was put as into the others.

The Talmud ( Menahot 28b ) states that it is prohibited to use a seven-branched menorah outside of the Temple.

The Talmud states that:

The Talmud, however, states the order of the canon, listing Proverbs first, then Ecclesiastes, and then Song of Songs.

The Talmud explicitly states that no official targumim were composed besides these two on Torah and Nevi ' im alone, and that there is no official targum to Ketuvim (" The Writings ").

The Talmud ( Megilah 3a ) states  The Targum of the Pentateuch was composed by Onkelos the proselyte under the from the mouths of R. Eleazar and R. Joshua.

The Talmud states, " Yom Kippur atones for those who repent and does not atone for those who do not repent ".

Rahel Berkovits, an Orthodox Talmud teacher at Jerusalem's Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, states that as a result of such changes in Haredi and Modern Orthodox Judaism, " Orthodox women found and oversee prayer communities, argue cases in rabbinic courts, advise on halachic issues, and dominate in social work activities that are all very associated with the role a rabbi performs, even though these women do not have the official title of rabbi.

* Rahel Berkovits, an Orthodox Talmud teacher at Jerusalem's Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, states that as a result of such changes in Haredi and Modern Orthodox Judaism, " Orthodox women have founded and overseen prayer communities, argue cases in rabbinic courts, advise on halachic issues, and dominate in social work activities that are all very associated with the role a rabbi performs, even though these women do not have the official title of rabbi.

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:

) states that a standard copy of the Hebrew Bible was kept in the court of the Temple in Jerusalem for the benefit of copyists ; there were paid correctors of Biblical books among the officers of the Temple ( Talmud, tractate Ketubot 106a ).

The Talmud states that the descendants of Sisera studied Torah in Jerusalem and even taught children there.

The Jewish Talmud states that Rahab of Jericho married Joshua Bin Nun, a descendant of Joseph.

In tractate Yoma, of the Talmud, it states that Tiras is Persia.

The Babylonian Talmud states that the differences in description were due to the taste varying depending on who ate it, with it tasting like honey for small children, like bread for youths, and like oil for the elderly.

The Talmud states that this factor was used to solve disputes about the ownership of slaves, since the number of omers of manna each household could gather would indicate how many people were legitimately part of the household ; the omers of manna for stolen slaves could only be gathered by legitimate owners, and therefore legitimate owners would have spare omers of manna.

The Talmud states that when he passed one of the ordinances, contrary to the opinion of Hillel, the day " was as grievous to Israel as the day when the