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.

The Talmud says, " When the month of Av begins, we Jews reduce our joy.

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.

* Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezeritch ( 1704 – 1772 ) traced to King David by way of Rabbi Yohanan, the sandle-maker and master in the Talmud

" She replied that she was mourning the family tree, which was destroyed, and is traced to King David by way of Rabbi Yohanan, the sandal-maker and master in the Talmud.

In his commentary on the Talmud, Maimonides ( Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon ) wrote:

* The work of the Rosh, Rabbi Asher ben Jehiel ( 1250 ?/ 1259 ?– 1328 ), an abstract of the Talmud, concisely stating the final halakhic decision and quoting later authorities, notably Alfasi, Maimonides, and the Tosafists.

* Rashi's oldest daughter, Yocheved, married Meir ben Shmuel ; their four sons were: Shmuel ( Rashbam ) ( b. 1080 ), Yitzchak ( Rivam ) ( b. 1090 ), Jacob ( Rabbeinu Tam ) ( b. 1100 ), and Shlomo the Grammarian, who were among the most prolific of the Baalei Tosafos, leading rabbinic authorities who wrote critical and explanatory glosses on the Talmud which appear opposite Rashi's commentary on every page of the Talmud.

* Rashi's middle daughter, Miriam, married Judah ben Nathan, who completed the commentary on Talmud Makkot which Rashi was working on when he died.

The Talmud likewise provides the statement " Had the Torah not been given to us, we would have learned modesty from cats, honest toil from ants, chastity from doves and gallantry from cocks "-( Jonathan ben Nappaha.

It was also an important resource in the study of the Babylonian Talmud by the Kairouan school of Hananel ben Hushiel and Nissim Gaon, with the result that opinions ultimately based on the Jerusalem Talmud found their way into both the Tosafot and the Mishneh Torah of Maimonides.

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 ).

If, as has been suggested, the reference in the Talmud to " a star which appears once in seventy years that makes the captains of the ships err " ( see above ) refers to Halley's Comet, it may be a reference to the 66 CE appearance, because this passage is attributed to the Rabbi Yehoshua ben Hananiah.

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.

Among his teachers in Talmud were Judah ben Yakkar and Meïr ben Nathan of Trinquetaille, and he is said to have been instructed in Kabbalah ( Jewish mysticism ) by his countryman Azriel of Gerona, who was in turn a disciple of Isaac the Blind.

Around 733 CE, Mar Natronai ben Habibai moves to Kairouan, then to Spain, transcribing Talmud Bavli for the Academy at Kairouan from memory-later taking a copy with him to Spain.

Akiva ben Joseph ( written עקיבא in the Babylonian talmud, and עקיבה in the Jerusalem Talmud — another form for עקביה ) who is usually called simply Akiva, was of comparatively humble parentage.

Nonetheless in the Talmud ; Pirkei Avot ( 5: 25 ), Rabbi Yehuda ben Teime gives the age of 18 as the appropriate age to get married.

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.

The Talmud lists him and his sons Seraiah ben Neriah and Baruch as prophets

The Babylonian Talmud is richer in traditions concerning Hillel than the Jerusalem Talmud because the Babylonians were especially careful to preserve the recollection of their great countryman, and in the Babylonian schools of the third century was proudly quoted the saying of the Judean sage Simeon ben Lakish, in which he placed the activity of Hillel on a level with that of Ezra, who also went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Hillel ben Eliakim, known in Hebrew to Talmud scholars as Rabbeinu Hillel, (" Our Rabbi Hillel "), was a Greek rabbi and Talmud scholar.

Though there is no clear source of information about this Nicodemus outside the Gospel of John, the Jewish Encyclopedia and many Biblical historians have theorized that he is identical to Nicodemus ben Gurion, mentioned in the Talmud as a wealthy and popular holy man reputed to have had miraculous powers.