Tradition ascribes the compilation of the Babylonian Talmud in its present form to two Babylonian sages, Rav Ashi and Ravina.

The Talmud ascribes the origins of this festival to Adam, who saw that the days were getting shorter and thought it was punishment for his sin.

The Talmud ascribes to the Great Assembly of Ezra a Rabbinic decree imposing further restrictions on men ritually impure from a seminal discharge, including a prohibition on studying Torah and from participating in services.

Isaac explains unknown words in Bohemian, his mother tongue, and cites the Jerusalem Talmud, to which he ascribes great authority in halachic decisions.

In 1965, he founded the Israel Institute for Talmudic Publications and began his monumental work on the Talmud, including translation into Hebrew, English, Russian, and various other languages.

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

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

The Schottenstein Edition interlinear translation of the Talmud bases its English-language commentary primarily on Rashi, and describes his continuing importance as follows:

Lazarus Goldschmidt published an edition from the " uncensored text " of the Babylonian Talmud with a German translation in 9 vols.

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

The Talmud El Am contains Hebrew text, English translation and commentary by Rabbi Dr A. Ehrman, with short ' realia ', marginal notes, often illustrated, written by experts in the field for the whole of Tractate Berakhot, 2 chapters of Bava Mezia and the halachic section of Qiddushin, chapter 1.

In the Talmud itself, the singular amora generally refers to a lecturer's assistant ; the lecturer would state his thoughts briefly, and the amora would then repeat them aloud for the public's benefit, adding translation and clarification where needed.

In fact, the Babylonian Talmud explicitly notes the lack of a Targum to Ketuvim, explaining that Jonathan ben Uzziel was divinely prevented from completing his translation of the Bible.

No known manuscript of the Jerusalem Talmud makes mention of the name although one translation ( Herford ) has added it to Avodah Zarah 2: 2 to align it with similar text of Chullin 2: 22 in the Tosefta.

writes that due to this, Neusner treats the name as a gloss and omitted it from his translation of the Jerusalem Talmud.

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

Similarly the Rodkinson translation of the Babylonian Talmud account interpolates " with the name of Jesus ".

( Herford again takes liberty and adds " in the name of Jeshu Pandera " to his translation of the Talmud passages despite these words not being in the original text.

The interpolated form Panthyra appearing in the Rodkinson translation of the Talmud suffers the same problem.

This translation is the counterpart to Mesorah / Artscroll's Schottenstein Edition of the Talmud ( i. e. Babylonian 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.

The Talmud relates that Yonatan ben Uziel, a student of Hillel, fashioned an Aramaic translation of the Prophets.

The Schottenstein Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, an English-language translation and interpretation published in 73 volumes between 1990 and 2004 by ArtScroll, has been credited with significantly increasing the number of English speakers participating in the Daf Yomi program.

The Schottenstein Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, an English-language translation and interpretation published in 73 volumes between 1990 and 2004 by ArtScroll, has been credited with significantly increasing the number of English-language participants in the Daf Yomi program.

During Elia's stay with Fagius ( until 1542 at Isny ( in Bavaria ), he published the following works: Tishbi, a dictionary containing 712 words used in Talmud and Midrash, with explanations in German and a Latin translation by Fagius ( Isny, 1541 ); Sefer Meturgeman, explaining all the Aramaic words found in the Targum ( Isny, 1541 ); Shemot Debarim, an alphabetical list of the technical Hebrew words ( Isny, 1542 ); and a new and revised edition of the Bachur.

# Thoroughness of thought: the cornerstone of his methodology was the application of the maximum effort of thought into all ideas being studied in the Talmud and the related rabbinical literature and finding the underpinnings of even " simple " ideas.

The name Eleutheropolis was given to the city by the Romans Josephus called it Betaris, Ptolemy referred to it as Baitogabra, in the Talmud it was known as Beit Guvrin, the Crusaders referred to it as Bethgibelin or Gibelin.

The Babylonian Talmud was compiled from discussions in the houses of study by the scholars Ravina I, Ravina II, and Rav Ashi by 500 CE, although it continued to be edited later.

According to the Talmud, soon after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem a formal version of the Amidah was adopted at a rabbinical council in Yavne, under the leadership of Rabban Gamaliel II and his colleagues.

According to the Talmud, soon after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem a formal version of the Amidah was adopted at a rabbinical council in Yavne, under the leadership of Rabban Gamaliel II and his colleagues.

The apparent cessation of work on the Jerusalem Talmud in the fifth century has been associated with the decision of Theodosius II in 425 CE to suppress the Patriarchate and put an end to the practice of formal scholarly ordination.

13 Kislev-( 475 CE )-Passing of Ravina II as well the Talmud was completed

The last Amoraim are generally considered to be Ravina I and Rav Ashi, and Ravina II, nephew of Ravina I, who codified the Babylonian Talmud around 500 CE.

The Talmud indicates that when Rabbi Gamaliel II undertook to fix definitely the public service and to regulate private devotion, he directed Samuel ha-Katan to write another paragraph inveighing against informers and heretics, which was inserted as the twelfth prayer in modern sequence, making the number of blessings nineteen.

The Talmud names Simeon ha-Paoli as the editor of the collection in the academy of R. Gamaliel II.

Mar Zutra was succeeded by his son Kahana ( Kahana II ), whose chief adviser was Rabina, the editor of the Babylonian Talmud ( died 499 ).

Traditionally, the redaction of this Talmud was thought to have been brought to an abrupt end around 425 C. E., when Theodosius II suppressed the Patriarchate and put an end to the practice of formal scholarly ordination.

It is often difficult to know when the Mishna and Talmud are referring to Judah II or Judah III ; they do not clearly distinguish between them.

Prior to World War II, Kelmė () was home to a famous Rabbinical College, the Kelm Talmud Torah.

He was also friend of a Babylonian rabbi in the Talmud named Raba ( Talmud ), Raba's friendship with Shapur II enabled him to secure a relaxation of the oppressive laws enacted against the Jews in the Persian Empire.

He was filled with knowledge of the Bible and the Talmud.

Banks the Butcher took Meltzer the Scholar as an apprentice and he made it very clear that a man of learning must be able to do more than just quote the Commentaries of the Talmud in order to live.

He was reading from the Talmud with a group of men from his congregation.

But, from our reading of the Western Talmud, we Urielites believe that the Forerunner, knowing this situation would arise, made reference to and provision for divorce.

The Jewish Talmud, dating back about 1800 years, suggests a cure for gum ailments containing " dough water " and olive oil.

Today, Biblical Aramaic, Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialects and the Aramaic language of the Talmud are written in the Hebrew alphabet.

( 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 ).

The Talmud offers a number of thoughts relating to the afterlife.

According to the Talmud, extinction of the soul is reserved for a far much smaller group of malicious and evil leaders, either whose very evil deeds go way beyond norms, or who lead large groups of people to utmost evil.

Although there is no reference to reincarnation in the Talmud or any prior writings, according to rabbis such as Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman, reincarnation is recognized as being part and parcel of Jewish tradition.

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.

According to the Talmud ( Avodah Zarah 10a-b ), Rabbi Judah was very wealthy and greatly revered in Rome.

According to the Talmud, Amram promulgated the laws of marriage and divorce amongst the Jews in Egypt ; the Talmud also argues that Amram had extreme longevity, which he used to ensure that doctrines were preserved through several generations.

The descendant of men learned in rabbinic lore, Abba Mari devoted himself to the study of theology and philosophy, and made himself acquainted with the writings of Moses Maimonides and Nachmanides as well as with the Talmud.

Abba Arikka ( 175 – 247 ) ( Talmudic Aramaic: ; born: Abba bar Aybo, Hebrew: רבי אבא בר איבו ) was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Sassanid Babylonia, known as an amora ( commentator on the Oral Law ) of the 3rd century who established at Sura the systematic study of the rabbinic traditions, which, using the Mishnah as text, led to the compilation of the Talmud.

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 ).

The method of treatment of the traditional material to which the Talmud owes its origin was established in Babylonia by Rav.

The legal and ritual opinions recorded in Rav's name and his disputes with Samuel constitute the main body of the Babylonian Talmud.

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 ).

The Jerusalem Talmud has preserved a large number of his halakic and aggadistic utterances ; and the Palestinian Midrashim also contain many of his aggadot.

Rav had many sons, several of whom are mentioned in the Talmud, the most distinguished being the eldest, Chiyya.

The witty enigmatic letter describing this incident, preserved in the Talmud ( Yer.

Alice Bach notes that Abigail pronounces a " crucial prophecy ," and the Talmud regards her as one of the Tanakh's seven female prophets.