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Talmud for Beginners - Text, Vol. 2 (Paperback)
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Talmud for Beginners - Text, Vol. 2 (Paperback)
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Rabbi Abrams writes: "When I teach Torah classes to my congregants,
sometimes they become very uncomfortable with what they read in the
Tanach. Jacob tricks his father. Moses kills a man. David commits
adultery. They struggle to come to grips with the difficult
passages in the text. They also work on finding meaning in worship
services, even though they don't know Hebrew. They strive to define
themselves proudly as Jews in a non-Jewish world. They worry about
assimilation. And I'm pretty sure that they think their problems
are modern ones. Blessedly, the rabbis of the Talmud struggled with
these questions, too, and they came up with some terrific answers.
"In this introduction to the tractate Megillah of the Babylonian
Talmud, we will learn how the rabbis viewed the Torah, and how they
teach us to relate to it. They don't shy away from the hard-to-deal
with passages, but show us how to meet them head on without
sacrificing respect for them. They show us how to make the text our
own and how to honor it in our everyday lives. These are ancient
answers to modern questions. "In this tractate, the rabbis develop
a whole system of honor that is based on respect for the Torah in
each person and object in our world. In other words, the true
Jewish status system is based on learning and menschlichkeit,
rather than money or fame. So while this tractate may be
stimulating on an intellectual level, it's also stimulating on the
mensch' level. "As the second volume in a series, this book
challenges the learner to reach new heights of understanding the
Talmud, and the way the rabbis thought. However, don't be afraid,
it's still very much for beginners. A general introduction about
the Talmud is provided, then selected passages from each of the
tractate's four chapters are explained in simple language. A
bibliography for further reading, glossary, halachic appendix and
descriptions of the rabbis mentioned in the book, are also
provided."
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