Shimʿon Ben Laqish
SHIMʿON BEN LAQISH was a third-century amora, generally known in the Jerusalem Talmud by his full name and in the Babylonian Talmud by the acronymic form ReSH (Rabbi S...
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Talmud
TALMUD. In form, the Talmud is an extended, multivolume elaboration of selected tractates of the Mishnah, but it must be emphasized that the contents of the Talmud go far beyond its ostensible ...
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The Talmud
The image of the sea is often used to depict the vastness of the Talmud, a work of law and commentary on that law, that is one of the highest literary achievements of the Jewish tradition....
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Poland's small Jewish community celebrates another step in its revival Sunday: the reopening of a synagogue in a yeshiva that before World War II was a major center of Jewish learning.Poland's chie...
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Today is Monday, Sept. 10, the 253rd day of 2007. There are 112 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Sept. 10, 1813, an American naval force commanded by Oliver H. Perry defeated t...
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Buoyed by polls showing a slight uptick, as well as fundraising he says is improving, Sen. John McCain set out Sunday to win New Hampshire votes with his trademark blunt talk.The 71-year-old Arizon...
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Buoyed by polls showing a slight uptick, as well as fundraising he says is improving, Sen. John McCain set out Sunday to win New Hampshire votes with his trademark blunt talk.The 71-year-old Arizon...
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Political Correctness: Former Virginia Sen. George Allen lost his seat and a chance at the presidency for a racially insensitive remark. Is a two-week suspension for Don Imus enough? It depends on ...
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Palestinian female suicide bomber and accomplice killed-Two Palestinian militants were shot dead when they approached an IDF roadblock near the security fence dividing the State of Israel from nort...
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New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, in explaining his state's abolition of the death penalty, announced that he knew "from my heart and from my soul" that no murderer should be put to death.As it happens,...
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Shimʿon Ben Laqish
The Talmud
Synagogue in famed prewar Polish yeshiva to reopen amid renewal of Jewish life
