Another important work is the Sefer ha-Mafteaḥ ( Book of the Key ) by Nissim Gaon, which contains a preface explaining the different forms of Talmudic argumentation and then explains abbreviated passages in the Talmud by cross-referring to parallel passages where the same thought is expressed in full.

It is the Talmud, the authoritative oral tradition for Rabbinic Judaism, which explains what are to be bound to the body and the form of tefillin.

" 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 core citations from classical Judaic sources cited by Teitelbaum in his arguments against modern Zionism are based on a passage in the Talmud, Rabbi Yosi b ' Rebbi Hanina explains ( Kesubos 111a ) that the Lord imposed " Three Oaths " on the nation of Israel: a ) Israel should not return to the Land together, by force ; b ) Israel should not rebel against the other nations ; and c ) The nations should not subjugate Israel too harshly.

" The Talmud explains, " The entire Torah is for the sake of the ways of shalom ".

" The Talmud explains, " The entire Torah is for the sake of the ways of shalom ".

In the Talmud, the Amoraic sage Abba Arika ( known as Rav ) explains that the divider originated with a statement of the prophet Zechariah regarding the mourning following the war between Gog and Magog:

The Talmud explains that the Bible requires an upper knot ( kesher elyon ) and one wrapping of three winds ( hulya ).

The tekhelet strand serves this purpose, explains the Talmud, for the blue color of tekhelet resembles the ocean, which in turn resembles the sky, which in turn is said to resemble God's holy throne-thus reminding all of the divine mission to fulfill His commandments.

The Talmud explains that it is absolutely forbidden to use this counterfeit dye intentionally ( i. e., if one was duped, the strings are still kosher, however they simply do not fulfill the religious requirement for tekhelet strings ).

The author, unlike Maimonides in his Mishneh Torah, does not confine himself to giving the halachic decisions, but gives also the passage of the Talmud, explains the subject matter, and develops the din from it.

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

The Maharsha explains the discrepancy between the Talmud and Josephus by stating that Honi was " presumed " killed by Hyrcanus II's men, but in reality was put into a deep sleep or coma for 70 years.

The Talmud explains the term homiletically as consisting of the words mum ( defect ) and zar ( strange / alien ) a euphemism for an illicit union in the person's lineage ( Kiddushin 3: 12, Yebamot 76b )

This view best explains the word " derashah " ( lecture ), which occurs about thirty times in the Sheiltot, in connection with the citation of passages from the Talmud.

No rabbi has the right to change Jewish law unless they clearly understand how it coincides with the precepts of the Talmud and later codes of Jewish law.

This traditional prominence is rooted in the Babylonian Talmud ’ s description of how to attain atonement following the destruction of the Temple.

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.

According to the Talmud, Joshua ben Hananiah, who had served in the sanctuary Levitical choir, told how the choristers went to the synagogue from the orchestra by the altar ( Talmud, Suk.

The version in the Babylonian Talmud ( Berachot 61b ) tells it as a response of Akiva to his students, who asked him how even now — as he is being tortured — he could yet offer prayers to God.

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

The Talmud provides extensive details not only on how to perform sacrifices but how to adjudicate difficult cases, such what to do if a mistake was made and whether improperly performing one of the required ritual elements invalidates it or not.

The Conservative position is that the Talmud states that in exceptional cases rabbis have the right to uproot Biblical prohibitions for a variety of reasons ; it gives examples of how this was done in practice, e. g. Talmud Bavli, tractate Yevamot 89a-90b, and tractate Nazir 43a.

* The Talmud discusses how Rabbi Akiva was flayed by the Romans for the public teaching of Torah.

The commentaries and interpretations in the Talmud of this school are the basis and starting point for the Ashkenazik tradition of how to interpret and understand the Talmud's explanation of Biblical laws.

According to the Talmud, Joshua ben Hananiah, who had served in the sanctuary Levitical choir, told how the choristers went to the synagogue from the orchestra by the altar ( Talmud, Suk.

From the scattered references in the Talmud it is impossible to determine exactly Mar Samuel's proficiency in astronomy ; but he knew how to solve many mathematics problems and how to explain many phenomena.

His father, Yahya, was a Jewish scholar and convert to Islam, who schooled Muslims in how to refute the Talmud.

Sacred Jewish texts written in the Holyland at this time are the Gemara ( 400 ), the Jerusalem Talmud ( 500 ) and the Passover Haggadah.

The Talmud refers to Shavuot as Atzeret ( Hebrew: עצרת, literally, " refraining " or " holding back "), referring to the prohibition against work on this holiday and to the conclusion of the holiday and season of Passover.

The Haggadah contains the narrative of the Israelite exodus from Egypt, special blessings and rituals, commentaries from the Talmud, and special Passover songs.

The group of people who hold a Passover Seder together is referred to in the Talmud ( tractate Pesachim ) as a chavurah ( group ).

Andreas Kostenberger states that the passage is a Tannaitic reference to the trial and death of Jesus at Passover and is most likely earlier than other references to Jesus in the Talmud.

The Talmud ( Tractate Pesachim ) uses the term chavurah to identify the group of people registered for a single Passover sacrifice, and who held a Seder together, in the days of the Temple in Jerusalem.

The Babylonian Talmud relates that the practice of stepping backward after the Amidah is a reminder of the practice in the Temple in Jerusalem, when those offering the daily sacrifices would walk backward from the altar after finishing.

Most biblical scholars now agree that the intricate details of the whole offering, particularly the types and number of animals on occasion of various feast days, given by the Torah, were of a late origin, as were the intricate directions given in the Talmud.

The Talmud expounds a Beraita ( oral tradition ) which illuminates the manner in which the Kohen Gadol ( High Priest ) is to sprinkle the blood of the bull-offering towards the Parochet ( Curtain ) separating the Hekhal ( sanctuary ) from the Kodesh Hakodashim ( Holy of Holies ):

) David Gollaher has written that the rabbis added the procedure of periah to discourage men from trying to restore their foreskins: ‘ Once established, periah was deemed essential to circumcision ; if the mohel failed to cut away enough tissue, the operation was deemed insufficient to comply with God's covenant ’ and ‘ Depending on the strictness of individual rabbis, boys ( or men thought to have been inadequately cut ) were subjected to additional operations .’ In addition to milah ( the actual circumcision ) and priah, mentioned above, the Talmud mentions a third step, metzitzah, or squeezing some blood from the wound.

The Jerusalem Talmud relates that, following Bar Kokhba's revolt ( 132 – 6 CE ), the Romans destroyed very many Jews, " killing until their horses were submerged in blood to their nostrils.

On the other hand, if an individual was born under the " sign " of Mars, the Talmud says that he will have a tendency to spill blood.

The Talmud ( Shabbat 135A ) records a discussion of whether the importance of this letting of blood supersedes Shabbat, on which only a boy who was born the previous Shabbat can be circumcised.