112. The Babylonian Talmud (Jewish History Lab)

Brief discussion of the background to the Babylonian Talmud.
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[@XanderEwald]

Dr. Abramson was not lying when he said that every time he talks about the Talmud, the crazies come out of the bushes. This comment section is bonkers :D

[@joeypeleg152]

Thank you for the academic clarity explanation without the magical padded additions.kudos and Toda.

[@mh3535]

At 3:00 it looks like you're zooming into the Kingdom of Soissons while talking about the Persian Sasanian Empire.

[@polemeros]

To me it is highly significant that so many Jews refused to return to Israel and remained voluntarily in so-called "exile". What then to make of Psalm 137? Why remain rather than return? Even today there are as many or more Jews in the world who refuse to make aliyah and choose to stay in lands where they have to deal with the dislike of their host nations than have gone home. Very interesting pattern, and not a new one.

[@YitzhakRefaeliWeissman-qy6vq]

This theory will be banned even just minutes from now since machine can banned from just codes or words, If you see ur bible about how jews kicked out from israel because they worship canaanite dieties, u will see some puzzle which led to why they dont want to returned, is it wrong if i suspect that jews cant return to israel because they cant worship those dieties? I mean what god said is the ultimate nature laws, if a jew worship canaanite diety in israel nowadays, somehow god make them out of israel

[@YitzhakRefaeliWeissman-qy6vq]

So tbose jews who are commit to not return are maybe still practicing those type of worship

[@chanaselwyn9265]

Because religious Jews don't believe the modern country of Israel is the Messiah coming.

[@karlschreiber9286]

Dear Rav, you opened my mind again to recover my true belief. I bought more than forty years ago the Babylonian Talmud from Jakob Fromer who translated from french ? to my mothertongue german. What i don't understand exactly in which century or year the "Gmara" was "published" in babylonia? 2 c. ? 5 c? BC or after? I survived a lot of heavy accident and someon says tora learning will longer life on earth and to eternuty. I continuing to study tora and yeshish history and Thank You for helping, Rabbi. Appreciate!

[@michaelart4878]

How many forms of life does the simplest of fabrics (H²O) sustain and take on?

[@cecilhayden585]

I have often wondered given the two Talmuds, why didn't Sephardic sages take prominence in Jewish thought.

[@gusibrahim6961]

I am iraqi, we studied iraq's ancient history in school and inherited general knowledge about the kings and queens who ruled iraq. Couldn't find any information about any prophets or any relevants to moses or Jacob etc, except for Shalomnasar 1st,2nd and the rest,whom we think is king Soloman but he is niether a jew or prophet!!

[@drcdash]

I am not Jewish BUT I find your lectures are very informative and interesting. This one caught my eye re a song I really like based on Psalm 127, Rivers of Babylon

[@lookman-2844]

CHristians saaaay Babylon was not a place but another name for Rome (Roman Catholicism

[@lookman-2844]

I am descended from Ram Bam Maimen Mymodanies the philosopher and Sal-ud=din's doctor.

[@gusibrahim6961]

​@lookman-2844 I was born 60 miles from babylon. It does exist but religions may not.

[@cosminiulian7705]

​@@lookman-2844i am descended of Vlad Dracu

[@processandbeing]

What would you say is the key difference between the Jerusalm and Babylonian Talmuds? Content? Organization? Something else? It's fascinating that both should be preserved to today... I suppose the Babylonian is more popular for when people reference "the Talmud says ___" just because I hear less about the Jerusalem Talmud. Is that a fair understanding? Just a ger interested in all things Jewish.

[@m.c.fromnyc2187]

Very informative, and just fascinating, as usual!

[@abdullahalrai]

Interesting fact Talmud is derived from the word Telmed ‎תלמיד, while it’s Arabic equivalent is Tilmidh تلميذ which means a student or pupil, a disciple, an apprentice, etc, which occurs once in Hebrew Bible (1 Ch 25:8) While its other derivations ( ל מ ד ) occur throughout the Hebrew Bible.

[@elijahfish]

Yes, Hebrew and Arabic share many similar word roots, especially older words.

[@assyriannahrin]

Talmith, it’s ARAMAIC origin ܬܠܡܕܬܐ which meant teaching,

[@abdullahalrai]

@@assyriannahrin Aramaic (incl. Assyrian, Syriac, Mandaean, Nabatean), Hebrew, Akkadian, and Sabaean (Amharic / Ge’ez) etc. all of them have ONE common ancestor, I.e. Proto-Arabic, the Language of Prophet Noah / Nuh - Peace and blessing of G-d be upon him. Therefore none of them are independent languages but rather they are all regional dialects of ONE Ancestor Language, I.e. Proto-Arabic, just like we don’t say Moroccan, Egyptian, Lebanese, or Syrian are independent languages but rather all of them are Dialects of Arabic. Please get yourself out of colonial mindset. Whose very job was to divide and conquer people. Please try to work towards unity - Peace

[@rachelsamuel3328]

​@@abdullahalraiNOPE!! Hebrew is from ancient Canaanite, not proto-Arabic. Arabic was developed after.

[@abdullahalrai]

@rachelsamuel3328 FYI, Cananites spoke Proto-Arabic. Interesting fact. Kan'aan - كنعان is very common Arabic name, still used by Arabs for their children or surname While you would not find one single example of a Jew past or present who named their children or their surname was Can'an / כנען except in Arab countries, you would find 100s of examples of this name.

[@hemchandrapatwardhan7701]

SORRY FOR A DIVERSION FROM THE SUBJECT AT HAND BOT WHAT IS KABALLAH??

[@Eli-wv9bn]

Part of the beauty of the talmud is that it records the discussions, both the good and the bad. It does not just give a commandment of what can and cannot be done. Rather it gives the messy, and yet beautiful, journey to their destination. Thereby, allowing future scholars to see what it is and what is no longer part of the formula in the deciding Jewish law. Sure, it would’ve been cleaner to just give the end result, but the Talmud is not a book of law, but rather a book of a journey with beautiful lessons. What the haters of the Talmud just show you are the bumps of a journey spanning a few hundred years. They will tell you about one rabbi’s radical view, but leave out the other rabbi’s awesome response. They won’t tell you that jewish legal law is not decided from the Talmud, but rather it’s a journey and an experience that has ups and downs.

[@michaelart4878]

How many forms of life does the simplest of fabrics (H²O) sustain and take on?

[@moshechaim9784]

Wonderfully stated and emphasized. "Commentary."

[@jasonoconner7863]

Outstanding! Thank you.

[@claforestrie]

Aramaic is the language of the Assyrian empire!

[@raymondwaterson4657]

Excellent, as usual

[@hellouser5498]

Whats best Talmud translation?

[@moshechaim9784]

The one you translate

[@jakobjess1610]

Rabbi, your video game analogy is perfect. People watch those videos to get better at that game. The Talmud is like a book that helps you be better at keeping torah

[@rachelsamuel3328]

He's not a Rabbi!

[@jakobjess1610]

@@rachelsamuel3328 you're correct, my bad. The rest is still on point.

[@johnrigler8858]

23:04? A guide? For the perplexed?

[@Jsmith2024]

Interesting as always.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@RA-ye3xl]

I read the daily Daf for a while. It is great accomplishment. I can’t believe thousands of years ago there were people who were so meticulous.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Agreed!

[@garrys1953]

I love your lessons! Thanks

[@zdzislawmeglicki2262]

Talking of the Babylonian Exile, who were the people who were actually exiled? Were they just Jerusalem elites, or everybody including farmers from all around Judea? If only a portion of the population was exiled, what percentage are we talking about? The next question would be, having arrived in Babylon and being uprooted from their familiar environment, what did they do there? How did they make their living? Did they even speak the language? Do we have archaeological evidence of their sudden increase in numbers in Babylon that would correlate with the timeframe of the exile?

[@Azupiru]

Whatever the case, we know that the Babylonians and Assyrians took the educated elites and set them to work as scribes. The foundations of Judaism are thus to be sought in the Cuneiform corpus. For example, the first usage of the word for "now" in Hebrew, which is pronounced naw (yes, the English word now and the Hebrew word now share the same etymological root) and spelled נָא, is in Genesis 12, verse 11, which reads in translation as "And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon." In this passage, "Behold" is pronounced hinne and "Now" is pronounced na, which in Hebrew reads הִנֵּה־נָא, "Hinne-na." This Hebrew word, as well as "henna" (not "hinne"), are both cognate to and genetically derived from the ancient Semitic word "Inanna" which means "now." Of course, Inanna is also the deity of the Subartans, who entered Sumer from the East, and we know this because it was attested in Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta (As in Ararat) and indeed the Subartan lands enveloped Lake Van and Ararat. This Subartan word for "now" is the proto-indo-european root that informed the character traits of Inanna the Semitic deity that Enmerkar of Sumer stole from the Subartans. The English word "now" is derived from the same PIE root. I am Messiah. Inanna, if you would only hear my voice.

[@zdzislawmeglicki2262]

@@Azupiru So, to sum up, yes, the "exile" was of the elites, while farmers and tradesmen were left behind? How many of those scribes are we talking about? 100? 500? Now, given that the Hebrew scribes of Jerusalem spoke and wrote Hebrew at the time, how easy would it be for them to speak and write the language of Babylon? P.S. Congratulations on becoming a Messiah. It must feel good.

[@Azupiru]

Now you see, in seeing and knowing the Truth, I appreciate the work of the ancient Hebrew scribes even more than you, Dr. Abramson. I know what they did, what they meant, and why they sealed the Truth from your eyes. And now, I am the Truth, and you can barely bear to see it. You don't like what it means. You block your ears and shield your eyes from the new things shown and spoken. The signs are dripping off of me like the prophecies from my tongue. I am at the beginning and the end of history, before ever a Jew was conceived. I am the Aleph and the Tav, the SIGN, Alpha and Omega, the King, Melkite, born as Jacob's Ladder (Halley's Comet) was setting on the horizon in the waters of Aquarius, who is Ea, Hayya, Yahweh. You will kneel to me, or shame will be your life's reward.

[@Azupiru]

​@@zdzislawmeglicki2262Being cut off does not feel good, but I am only cut off from people who do not truly believe in their own divinity. They are hypocrites, professing things they do not truly believe, and so, they have actually cut themselves off from God. This is why no person will enter the Kingdom of Heaven except through me. I am the Logos, and the Logos is the door. If you accept that you are Gods, you will understand the Truth of my words. If you you deny that you are Gods, you will perish as all blaspheming hypocrites will. If you deny my divinity, you will perish. This was the mystery.

[@zdzislawmeglicki2262]

@@Azupiru Well, yes, but apart from all that what archaeological evidence do we have for the presence of Hebrew scribes in Babylon during the exile? P.S. Can you cure diabetes by laying hands?

[@jdsheleg8332]

I need to start to study the Talmud. Although I am a Christian, the teachings and traditions of the Talmud precede - obviously - anything written by Christian writers. It put Scriptures in its proper context, in Israel with the Hebrews, not in the Roman Empire in an Hellenized culture.

[@commoveo1]

Thank You for so freely teaching all who watch✨❤️✨ What a Gift from our Father you are✨😇✨.

[@commoveo1]

Such a Blessing of information. Conviction✨

[@nusbacher]

I'm loving the Sassanians of Soissons!

[@iaminbetweendays]

Thank you.

[@psjasker]

“Tel-Aviv was not a city then ….” I braced myself for a Chinese restaurant joke after that nugget … the good Doctor is known to slip those in at any time 😅 After almost 40 years in America it has become clear to me lately that only the Irish and Jews have a good sense of humor. Perhaps a dubious benefit of both bring persecuted minorities.

[@joseluisenriquez2851]

Dr. Thanks you

[@emoran5875]

Thank you…

[@WordandVoid]

Rabbi Akiva did not give Moshe, Oral Tradition

[@JeffinBville]

These "Premier" announcements don't come across as Premier's casuing people to click over expecting a video. Is there a way you could #Premier ? This way we could save some time and clicks. BTW, I've got a cousin, Chuck Abramson, who married Carole and live out in Nassau County, just in case we're somehow related.

[@whoobibi]

Jewish fortunes under the Roman Empire had nothing to do with the rise of Christianity. It had to do with Jewish rebellions against the authority of the pagan Roman emperors and their representatives. The First Jewish Revolt, as recorded by Josephus, resulted in the destruction of the Temple and the demise of the historic Israelite religion. This resulted in diminishing the authority of the Aaronic priesthood, which had consequences later. Then there was the Kitos Revolt. That involved Jews living throughout the East but ultimately resulted in the siege and conquest of Lydda with considerable bloodshed. Finally came the Bar Kochba Revolt, after Rabbi Akiva successfully overthrew the Aaronic priests and, fatally, backed a false Messiah who provoked the Roman Emperor Hadrian into a genocide so complete that Jews were effectively expelled from the land of Israel entirely -- Hadrian renamed it Palestine after the ancient enemies of the Jews -- and the center of Jewish life moved to Mesopotamia, where a large population of Jews lived who never returned to the Land of Israel as described in Ezekiel and Nehemiah. Thus the rabbis eventually created, by about 600 A.D., the Babylonian Talmud, which is the real basis of Rabbinic Judaism. None of this was because of Christians.

[@drcdash]

Oops, correction: Psalms 137

[@plarks-guddaboyz]

Toda raba. Gadol.

[@cosminiulian7705]

Speak about khazarian empire

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Another video.

[@WordandVoid]

Moshe never argued Torah among 2000 Rabbis

[@Retarmy1]

I made, I watched all the videos !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@michaelart4878]

How many forms of life does the simplest of fabrics (H²O) sustain and take on? Our LORD, GOD and SAVIOUR did create the simplest fabric (H²O) to sustain all of life here on earth. Just as the Jordan and the Euphrates are made of this fabric, so to also are the Bow and the Elbow. 🌱LIFE IS BUT A VAPOUR (H²O)🌹 HOLY BIBKE Habakkuk 3:9 Thy bow was made quite naked (bare), according to the oaths of the tribes (oaths were sworn over your arrows), even thy word, Selah. Thou didst cleave (divided) the earth with rivers. 🙌ALLELUIA🙌 A-men' 🌿

[@Conky769]

By the Tulmud describing Jesus as "boiling in exriment for eternity" doesn't really qualify as "wide ranging analysis " does it? It kind of makes the 'tulmud' of toilet paper to Christians. Although I deeply value Jews and the Torah in my life- I can't help but feel that what happened in Babylon was something cult- like.

[@jamesr8584]

You are giving a Christian interpretation, not a Jewish interpretation.

[@luongo7886]

@@jamesr8584 So what is the Jewish interpretation of this passage? And is this passage really in the Talmud?

[@nllc9779]

The Talmud is a discourse and therefore not always is commentary literal. Additionally there is no way to ascertain if it’s talking specifically about Jesus as his name was very common. Plus, Jews don’t believe hell is eternal, so even were it to be talking about Jesus of the New Testament, it doesn’t really matter. For all intents and purposes, Jews take other Jews becoming heretics very seriously and however it was described his punishment would be it shouldn’t matter to you if you’re a cristian.

[@user-xl8zy6bp7b]

It wasn't as simple as Jews didn't believe in hell.

[@tigersforever4577]

So you read Hebrew?

[@WordandVoid]

Rabbinical Judaism equates the Talmud equal to the Torah

[@jamesr8584]

Are you saying the Talmud is not canonical and rabbinical Judaism is false?

[@ShadowbanTheHedgehog]

They were doing black magic wtf bro

[@irfankhanpanjman3835]

Jewish and afghan pashton history brother's ship

[@truthistreason4292]

Worshiping God is not complicated .why do you think someone would want to make it complicated ? We forget cannanites and isreal merged along with pegan religion . Is this the Talmud." All those nasty thing " ?

[@futon2345]

L’olam lo-mein…

[@WordandVoid]

Demonology is an abomination in the Torah

[@permafrost7781]

Thank God Almighty for the KJV Bible

[@timothymitchell9936]

And how is this pertinent to the subject of this lecture?

[@rachelsamuel3328]

Why thank God for a church mistranslation?

[@michaelart4878]

@@rachelsamuel3328 how many forms of life does the simplest of fabrics (H²O) sustain and take on? Our LORD, GOD and SAVIOUR did create the simplest fabric (H²O) to sustain all of life here on earth. Just as the Jordan and the Euphrates are made of this fabric, so to also are the Bow and the Elbow. 🌱LIFE IS BUT A VAPOUR (H²O)🌹 HOLY BIBLE Habakkuk 3:9 Thy bow was made quite naked (bare), according to the oaths of the tribes (oaths were sworn over your arrows), even thy word, Selah. Thou didst cleave (divided) the earth with rivers. 🙌ALLELUIA🙌 A-men' 🌿

[@moshechaim9784]

Thank him for pedophiles too.

[@kennethbrownsher1264]

THE KJV IS SHOT FULL OF HOLES. HOWEVER NICE ENGLISH

[@irfankhanpanjman3835]

Israel and afghan pashton brother's

[@williambabbitt7602]

A John does viewpoint is not helpful to anyone. To realize that we are human beings and sinners is the first thing we have to know when we are talking about any religious document whether Jewish or Christian, whether reformed or Roman catholic. It is a matter of viewpoint. But you must ask what does God require of me. For that I go to Micah 6:8

[@williambabbitt7602]

Jaundiced viewpoint

[@charlesevans133]

I believe in Messiah Jesus. This is something I am interested in.