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Candace Owens has blamed the Talmud for quite a lot of the world’s problems.
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Steven Burg, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
In Jewish tradition, the Talmud makes numerous references to pickled vegetables, particularly turnips, which symbolize abundance and endurance.
—Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
In the Talmud, however, life after age twenty is carved up into decade-long intervals.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
For 16 minutes, Kirk deconstructed these and other conspiracy theories, patiently demystifying complex aspects of Judaism such as the Talmud and the biblical Noahide Laws before attempting to explain his fundamental disagreement.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Are permitted to intuit in the Talmud of our hearts.
—David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
According to the Talmud, the Maccabees returned to the Second Temple after defeating their Greek-Syrian oppressors.
—Parents Editors, Parents, 13 Dec. 2025
The earliest version of this story appears in the Talmud – the main collection of rabbinic laws and commentary – some 500 years after the story occurred.
—Joshua Shanes, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
According to the Talmud, leaving money or material goods behind, whether to heirs or anyone else, is a mistake for two reasons.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
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Steven Burg, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
In Jewish tradition, the Talmud makes numerous references to pickled vegetables, particularly turnips, which symbolize abundance and endurance.
—Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
In the Talmud, however, life after age twenty is carved up into decade-long intervals.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
For 16 minutes, Kirk deconstructed these and other conspiracy theories, patiently demystifying complex aspects of Judaism such as the Talmud and the biblical Noahide Laws before attempting to explain his fundamental disagreement.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Are permitted to intuit in the Talmud of our hearts.
—David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
According to the Talmud, the Maccabees returned to the Second Temple after defeating their Greek-Syrian oppressors.
—Parents Editors, Parents, 13 Dec. 2025
The earliest version of this story appears in the Talmud – the main collection of rabbinic laws and commentary – some 500 years after the story occurred.
—Joshua Shanes, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
According to the Talmud, leaving money or material goods behind, whether to heirs or anyone else, is a mistake for two reasons.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
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“The Talmud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Talmud. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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