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The Babylonian Talmud: A Translation and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Talmud of Babylonia (a.k.a., the Bavli, or Babylonian Talmud), is a sustained commentary on the written and oral law of Israel. Compiled between 500–600 C.E., it offers a magnificent record of how Jewish scholars preserved a humane and enduring civilization. Representing the primary document of rabbinic Judaism, it throws considerable light on the New Testament as well. This monumental...

C. Special problems debated by the houses of Shammai and Hillel in regard to the protocol of blessings at table. The normative law V. Blessings on exceptional occasions A. Blessings For evil as much as for good B. Blessings in commemoration of miracles or other exceptional events C. Prayers and protocol in connection with entering a given location: a town, the Temple in Jerusalem The law of Berakhot bears no direct connection to the written Torah (Scripture), though it cites or systemically
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