Talmud Quotes

I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind.

If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.

If it be true that our people represent a high percentage of mental vigor, the distinction is probably due, in some measure, to the extremely important part which Talmud studies have played in the spiritual life of the race.

It is written in the Jewish law book, the Talmud, that only the Jew is human, that Gentiles are only animals.

In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study.

In my tradition, one must wait until one has learned a lot of Bible and Talmud and the Prophets to handle mysticism. This isn't instant coffee. There is no instant mysticism.

My mother, whose family was heavily rabbinic, said she wanted me to continue the family tradition in the rabbinate. My father said he wanted me to be a scholar of the Talmud, but he wanted me to make my living in science.

I argue that the Talmud is about the constant struggle to understand.