Wit and Wisdom of the Talmud
In Jewish tradition, the Talmud embodies the laws of Judaism, as well as a way of study and intellectual development. Composed of two works, the Mishnah and the Gemara, the Talmud is believed to provide serious students with one of the most sacred of experiences. It is, in fact, the Torah (the Old Testament) and the Talmud that offer the tenets of the Jewish religion.\ Here, in this classic work, which represents nearly 2,000 years of learning, are those pearls of wisdom that have served as a...
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In Jewish tradition, the Talmud embodies the laws of Judaism, as well as a way of study and intellectual development. Composed of two works, the Mishnah and the Gemara, the Talmud is believed to provide serious students with one of the most sacred of experiences. It is, in fact, the Torah--the Old Testament--and the Talmud that offer the tenets of the Jewish religion. Here, in this classic work, are those pearls of wisdom that we can all benefit from and enjoy time and time again. Some may be familiar to you; others may be new. All, however, can offer illuminating insights and direction throughout your life. Representing almost two thousand years of learning, the Talmud contains a wealth of wisdom and advice. George J. Lankevich received his PhD in American History from Columbia University. He taught for over thirty years in the City University of New York, and is now a professor emeritus. Dr. Lankevich is the author of over twenty volumes of history, including American Metropolis: A History of New York City.
Introduction1TopicsAccountability17Actions17Adversity18Advice19Age19Ancestry20Anger21Appearances Are Deceiving22Arrogance and Pride23Associates25Beginnings26Birth and Development27Business Principles27Character and Reputation29Charity and Good Deeds30Children36Children's Obligations38Cleanliness40Clothing40Compassion for Animals41Complaint41Conduct and Manners42Confession43Consequences43Consistency43Contentment44Cosmetics45Covetousness45Death46Dignity47Discretion47Duty48Duty to God48Eating52Envy and Jealousy52Evil53Experience54Fame54Faultfinding and Blame54Fear55Flattery56Flexibility56Fools56Forgiveness58Free Will58Friendship59God in Life60Good Neighbors61Government62Greatness63Habit63The Home63Honesty64Honor64Hope65Hospitality65Human Nature66Hypocrisy and Deceit66Idleness68Immortality and the World to Come68Ingratitude71Israel72Joy74Judgment74Justice76Labor77The Law79Laws of Nature79Leadership80Learning and Knowledge81Levity84Life84Love85Marriage86Meddling90Mercy90Misers91Moderation92Modesty and Humility93Money94Oaths95Obscenity95Opinion96Opportunity96Passion97Patriotism and Community Involvement98Peace98Perjury100Persecution100Physicians and Medicine101Poverty102Prayer103Preparedness105Promises105Quarelling and Discord106Religion107Repentance107Reproof110Resignation and Acceptance111Revenge112Rewards113The Righteous114The Sabbath115Secrets116Self-Respect117Self-Sufficiency117Sermons118Shame118Sickness and Pain119Silence119Sin120Slander and Gossip122Soldiers123The Soul123Teamwork125Temperament125Temptation126Theft126Thrift128Tolerance128Trials130Truth130Usefulness132Virtue132Wine133Wisdom134Woman137Words139Worry and Care140Youth141Index143
