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One potential obstacle to my Orthodox conversion was that my second husband, Jacob, was a kohen, a member of a priestly male hereditary line going back to the time of Moses, and according to the Talmud kohanim are forbidden to marry converts.
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Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Historical accounts of dreidel usage vary: Did the game originate as a means of avoiding persecution for studying the Talmud?
—Sam Corbin, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
According to the Talmud, Chanukah celebrates the miracle of that oil lasting eight days.
—Joshua M. Davidson, New York Daily News, 29 Dec. 2024
Ko was moved by the Talmud’s teaching that the souls of converts were present at Mt. Sinai with all Jewish souls when God gave Jews the Torah.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Rowan, 62, grew up in a Jewish family on Long Island, the grandson of a New York University economics professor named Emanuel Stein who was known for quoting the Talmud, according to The Wall Street Journal.
—Luke Tress, Sun Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
The vast majority of the Jews of the world trace their lineage back to the groups who organized their lives around not just the Bible, but also the Talmud, and subsequently commentaries and rulings by rabbis who were trained in the Talmud.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2010
For this reason, even though the Talmud reflects a dispute over the order of lighting, most start with one candle and increase the lighting by one more candle each night while reciting or chanting special blessings.
—CBS News, 7 Dec. 2023
There’s an idea of water being cleansing and protective; the Talmud says fish survived Noah’s flood.
—Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
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Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Historical accounts of dreidel usage vary: Did the game originate as a means of avoiding persecution for studying the Talmud?
—Sam Corbin, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
According to the Talmud, Chanukah celebrates the miracle of that oil lasting eight days.
—Joshua M. Davidson, New York Daily News, 29 Dec. 2024
Ko was moved by the Talmud’s teaching that the souls of converts were present at Mt. Sinai with all Jewish souls when God gave Jews the Torah.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Rowan, 62, grew up in a Jewish family on Long Island, the grandson of a New York University economics professor named Emanuel Stein who was known for quoting the Talmud, according to The Wall Street Journal.
—Luke Tress, Sun Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
The vast majority of the Jews of the world trace their lineage back to the groups who organized their lives around not just the Bible, but also the Talmud, and subsequently commentaries and rulings by rabbis who were trained in the Talmud.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2010
For this reason, even though the Talmud reflects a dispute over the order of lighting, most start with one candle and increase the lighting by one more candle each night while reciting or chanting special blessings.
—CBS News, 7 Dec. 2023
There’s an idea of water being cleansing and protective; the Talmud says fish survived Noah’s flood.
—Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
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