Talmud
(תַּלְמוּד)
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Literally, “learning, study”; in Judaism, a body of writings and traditional commentaries based on the oral law given to Moses on Sinai. |
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Literally, “learning, study.” In Judaism, the Talmud is a body of writings and traditional commentaries based on the oral law given to Moses on Sinai. It is the foundation of Jewish civil and religious law, second in authority only to the Torah. |
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Prayer Fashions Man: Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual Life |
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