the Talmud

noun

: the writings that declare Jewish law and tradition

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Candace Owens has blamed the Talmud for quite a lot of the world’s problems. — Steven Burg, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026 Are permitted to intuit in the Talmud of our hearts. — David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 In the Talmud, however, life after age twenty is carved up into decade-long intervals. — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for the Talmud