The Talmud says that although courts capable of executing sinners no longer exist, the prescribed penalties continue to be applied by Providence.

In one case she paskinned din on " klaustra " a rare Greek word referring to an object, used in the Talmud, unfortunately Rabbi Yehudah Hanassi did not believe women could be credited with paskining din, as it says ' do not speak too much to women ' ( Tannah Rabbi Jesse the Galilean ), and therefore credited the law to Rabbi Joshua who may have been her father.

Though there is a popular myth that one must be a 40 year old Jewish man, and learned in the Talmud before one is allowed to delve into Kabbalah, Chaim Vital says exactly the opposite in his introduction to Eitz Chaim.

The Talmud ( Minachot 30a ) says that the last eight verses of the Torah that discuss the death and burial of Moses could not have been written by Moses, as writing it would have been a lie, and that they were written after his death by Joshua.

The Talmud says that God dictated four books of the Torah, but that Moses wrote Deuteronomy in his own words ( Talmud Bavli, Meg.

The Talmud holds it was for rebelling against Moses ( Eruvin 63b ) and the Midrash ( Vayikra Raba ) says the only hint we have is the commandment not to drink wine given to Aaron immediately after their death-an indication that they were drunk.

In the Talmud and the Zohar the reference to Zelophehad having " died in his own sin " is used to equate him with the man executed for gathering sticks on the Sabbath, but Sifri Zuta says that it cannot be known if he was.

The Talmud says Mordecai prophesied in the second year of Darius.

According to the Talmud, manna was found near the homes of those with strong belief in God, and far from the homes of those with doubts ; indeed, one classical midrash says that manna was intangible to Gentiles, as it would inevitably slip from their hands.

Bahya says in the introduction to Duties of the Heart that he wished to fill a great need in Jewish literature ; he felt that neither the rabbis of the Talmud nor subsequent rabbis adequately brought all the ethical teachings of Judaism into a coherent system.

The Talmud ( Nedarim 23b ) says, " Who wished to cancel his vows of a whole year should arise on Rosh Hashanah and announce, ' All vows that I will pledge in the coming year shall be annulled.

The Talmud often says of the interpretations of a baraita: " The Biblical passage should be merely a support.

The New Testament comparison has a parallel in the Talmud, which says that " the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters like a dove ", but in Jewish tradition the olive branch is not used as a peace symbol and neither the Hebrew Bible nor the New Testament mention the dove or the olive in connection with peace.

The Talmud says " the name of God is ' Peace '" ( Pereq ha-Shalom, Shab.

The Talmud ( Megillah 13b ) says that Rachel revealed to Leah the secret signs which she and Jacob had devised to identify the veiled bride, because they both suspected Laban would pull such a trick.

The Talmud says almost nothing in regard to the personal relations of the exilarchs to the royal court.

According to the Talmud a father is commanded not to marry his daughter to anyone until she grows up and says ' I want this one '.

The Talmud ( Arakhin 3a ) relates that women are required to recite zimmun of three participants, and Berakhot 45 says that women may recite the zimmun.

The Talmud says that at least 36 Tzadikim Nistarim — anonymous tzadikim — are living among us in all times ; they are anonymous, and it is for their sake alone that the world is not destroyed.

Devora Steinmetz, Assistant Professor of Talmud at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, says that the story of Jacob and Laban also resonates with the covenant with Abraham, more frequently interpreted as applying to the Exodus: " your seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them and they shall afflict them ....

Talmud of Jmmanuel by Judas Ischarioth ; says on its English version title page, " The Clear Translation in English " " Translation of the Aramaic scrolls written by Judas Iscariot,

( Note: The Talmud quoted by Rashi says that his wives built the temples and he is considered responsible for not stopping them.

But instead of blaming outside forces, the Talmud says that the cause of the destruction of the Second Temple was the senseless hatred and ill will displayed between Jews.

The Talmud, which often uses stories to make a moral point ( aggadah ), tells of a highly respected rabbi who found the Messiah at the gates of Rome and asked him, " When will you finally come?

When the school's high school was founded in the late 1940s, he instituted a number of innovations in the curriculum, including teaching Talmud to boys and girls studying in classes together.

When the Talmud attributes a teaching to Rabbi Shimon without specifying which Rabbi Shimon is meant, it means Shimon bar Yochai.

When Rab went from the land of Israel to Nehardea he was appointed overseer of the market by the exilarch Talmud Bava Batra 15b, top.

When he dies, she cuts her hair, dresses as a man, and sets out to find a yeshiva where she can continue to study Talmud and live secretly as a male named Anshel.

When the inhabitants of Fez made inquiries regarding the proportions of God, he answered, as one of the signers of the responsum, that God is above any corporeal qualification and that the Talmud forbids the public discussion of these things.

When in the extensive garden grounds he had a new building erected for a yeshiva ( a Torah -/ Talmud academy ) as the nucleus of a community campus which was also to accommodate a large new synagogue, he was forbidden to carry on.

In the meantime he had achieved a considerable religious feat: When the Dessau court Jew Wulff, who was about to have the Babylonian Talmud printed, ran into financial difficulty, Lehmann took over the project and the printing licence.

When they found the same aggadah in multiple versions, from multiple sources, they usually selected the later form, the one found in the Babylonian Talmud.

Using the legal formula prescribed by the Talmud, they said " When we pay you, this donkey and everything on it is ours.

The Talmud recommended a specific day of the week and days of the month for bloodletting, and similar rules, though less codified, can be found among Christian writings advising which saints ' days were favourable for bloodletting.

" During their sojourn in Babylonia our ancestors began to use the pagan Babylonian month names, a fact readily admitted in the Talmud:

The Babylonian Talmud, Taanit 29a, states that " when we enter month of Av, our joy is diminished ".

" One opinion in the Talmud ( b. Rosh Hashana 18b ) states that the " fast of the tenth month " refers to the fifth of Tevet, when, according to Ezekiel (), news of the destruction of the Temple reached those already in exile in Babylon.

As explained in the Talmud, there is a tradition that the Sun was created in its vernal equinox position at the beginning of the springtime Jewish lunar month of Nissan.

Joseph Jacobs, in the Jewish Encyclopedia article mentioned, notes that the transition from the triennial to the annual reading of the Law and the transference of the beginning of the cycle to the month of Tishri are attributed by Sándor Büchler to the influence of Abba Arika, also known as " Rab ," or " Rav ," ( 175 – 247 CE ), a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, and who established at Sura the systematic study of the rabbinic traditions, which, using the Mishnah as text, led to the compilation of the Talmud:

This worldwide project encourages thousands of Jewish men and boys to study copious amounts of Talmud and Shulchan Aruch and complete written tests on 20-30 pages per month in return for a monthly stipend.

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

( It is permitted to study the laws of mourning, as well as that material which may be studied on Tisha B ' Av, including Job, Lamentations, portions of Jeremiah and the third chapter of Talmud tractate Moed Katan.

Judah could not carry out his intention of omitting the fast-day of the Ninth of Av when it fell on the Sabbath ( Talmud Yerushalmi, Meg.

According to the Talmud, Tu B ' Av was a joyous holiday in the days of the Temple in Jerusalem, marking the beginning of the grape harvest.

That same section in the Talmud states that there were no holy days as happy for the Jews as Tu B ' Av and Yom Kippur.

Various reasons for celebrating on Tu B ' Av are cited by the Talmud and Talmudic commentators:

On Yom Kippur additional prohibitions are observed similar to the fast of Tisha B ' Av, as detailed in the Jewish oral tradition ( Mishnah tractate Yoma 8: 1 ) because the Torah stipulates that ועניתם את נפשתיכם " and you shall afflict your souls " and the Talmud therefore defines self-imposed " affliction " during Yom Kippur only, as follows:

At the pre-Tisha B ' Av meal it is forbidden to eat meat ( Mishna, Taanit 26b ; Babylonian Talmud ibid.