Book · 2006 · Religion
The Talmud
What It Is and What It Says
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And it doesn't matter whether you study, I'll take a famous example in Jewish life, the Talmud, which is notoriously difficult. So you study the Talmud, and your brain gets more skilled.
What they say about it
- Studying the text“studying the talmud”2
The best things said about it
In the Talmud there's a rabbi who basically says when you kill a person you destroy a world.
That's another classic example that goes back to discussions in the Talmud of you shouldn't ever tell a bride she's not beautiful because it ruins that very special moment that you can't take back.
Went to Israel was studying the Talmud for like 12 hours a day.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Jul 2023 People start immediately arguing about the correct interpretation of the Mishnah and eventually when they reached some consensus they create a third block in the chain which is the Talmud.
Yuval Noah Harari The Jordan Harbinger Show · Jun 2023 I mean, calling Bolshev on something is like the most Jewish thing ever. I mean, literally, if you read the Talmud, I mean, the Jews invented Reddit before Reddit, obviously.
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The Talmud is a central text of Rabbinic Judaism comprising discussions and interpretations of Jewish law, ethics, and customs. Jeffrey D. Sachs brought it up on The Tucker Carlson Show to reference religious legal arguments regarding Zionism. Jeremy Stern discussed the text on David Senra, noting its teaching that destroying a single life is equivalent to destroying an entire world. Emma Levine cited traditional discussions from the Talmud on Hidden Brain to illustrate how encouragement and fantasy matter during significant moments like weddings. Russ Roberts used the Talmud on EconTalk as a prime example of notoriously difficult study that can sharpen human reasoning. Joe Rogan mentioned the text on The Joe Rogan Experience while discussing Ari Shaffir's past religious studies, and Yuval Noah Harari described the Talmud on The Jordan Harbinger Show as a third block in the chain of Jewish textual interpretation. Antonio Garcia Martinez referenced its argumentative tradition on the Big Technology Podcast, and Faisal Saeed Al Mutar mentioned reading it during his early years of questioning religion on The Rubin Report.
Every mention
Antonio Garcia Martinez I mean, calling Bolshev on something is like the most Jewish thing ever. I mean, literally, if you read the… 1
“I mean, calling Bolshev on something is like the most Jewish thing ever. I mean, literally, if you read the Talmud, I mean, the Jews invented Reddit before Reddit, obviously.”
Emma Levine That's another classic example that goes back to discussions in the Talmud of you shouldn't ever tell a bri… 1
“That's another classic example that goes back to discussions in the Talmud of you shouldn't ever tell a bride she's not beautiful because it ruins that very special moment that you can't take back.”
Faisal Saeed Al Mutar my dad was like said like oh you can think for your and I I was like I was reading the Bible the Old Testam… 1
“my dad was like said like oh you can think for your and I I was like I was reading the Bible the Old Testament the Torah the talmud and all of these stuff and all a copy of the talmud in”
Jeffrey D. Sachs It's actually called the three oaths in the tool which say do not create Zionism again until the Messiah co… 1
“It's actually called the three oaths in the tool which say do not create Zionism again until the Messiah comes for for the Jewish people.”
Jeremy Stern you know the old in the talmud there's a rabbi who basically says when you kill a person you destroy a world 1
“you know the old in the talmud there's a rabbi who basically says when you kill a person you destroy a world”
Joe Rogan you know went to Israel was studying the talmud for like 12 hours a day 1
“you know went to Israel was studying the talmud for like 12 hours a day”
Russ Roberts And it doesn't matter whether you study, I'll take a famous example in Jewish life, the Talmud, which is no… 1
“And it doesn't matter whether you study, I'll take a famous example in Jewish life, the Talmud, which is notoriously difficult. So you study the Talmud, and your brain gets more skilled.”
Yuval Noah Harari but then again people start immediately arguing about the correct interpretation of the mishnah and eventua… 1
“but then again people start immediately arguing about the correct interpretation of the mishnah and eventually when they reached some consensus they create a third Block in the chain which is the talmud”
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“So, it was in various, I mean, hundreds and hundreds of books and texts, including the Talmud, believe it or not.”
“or it could be Confucius or it could be the Talmud or it could be the Quran you know there are these self revelations of wisdom”