#talmud

If it be true that our people represent a high percentage of mental vigor, the distinction is probably due, in some measure, to the extremely important part which Talmud studies have played in the spiritual life of the race. ↗

— Abraham Cahan

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It's the side-by-side culture of the Talmud I like so much. 'On the one hand' and 'on the other hand' is frustrating for people seeking absolute faith, but for me it gives religion an ambidextrous quality that suits my temperament. ↗

— Jonathan Rosen

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I argue that the Talmud is about the constant struggle to understand. ↗

— Arthur Hertzberg

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If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting. ↗

— Abraham Cahan

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My mother, whose family was heavily rabbinic, said she wanted me to continue the family tradition in the rabbinate. My father said he wanted me to be a scholar of the Talmud, but he wanted me to make my living in science. ↗

— Norman Lamm

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