Talmud

//ˈtɑlmʊd//

"Talmud" in a Sentence (11 examples)

According to legend, the French composer Alkan was killed by a collapsing bookcase when he tried to reach for the Talmud, a holy Jewish book, in the study in his house.

Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, and Raphael are the four archangels mentioned in the Talmud.

Iraqi Jews wrote the Talmud.

The Talmud is one of Judaism's holy books.

A number of daily online Talmud studies and minyonim are popping up during the crisis.

Why do antisemites always pretend they've read the Talmud?

The Talmud is a collection of disagreements.

The Talmud contains more minority opinions than majority ones.

The Jerusalem Talmud was written in the Galilee because Jews were banned from going into Jerusalem for all but one day of the year.

The sages of the Talmud were not overly fond of the Maccabees.

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On any given Friday night at the Claremont Colleges, between 15 and 20 Jewish students gather to sing wordless melodies, dive into textual study of Talmud or James Baldwin, or hold workshops on antisemitism.

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