Understanding the Talmud

What is the true origin and purpose of the Talmud? How do we properly understand some of its seemingly bizarre statements? Find out as we explore the most misunderstood ancient religious text in the world.
See also:
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[@jll9764]

If you have to reject half the Talmud then it's not worth reading or practicing as part of your religion.. Some things need to stay in the past

[@Jinnyfir]

I think it's valuable as a bookmark of a historical time in Jewish history. I think it gives us insight into why Israel was frequently judged so harshly by God. It also gives us insight into why Jesus was so exceptionally harsh with the Pharisees as opposed to the layman. Jesus simplified everything down to a heart issue, not a rule issue.

[@happypiano4810]

The fact that it’s multi-opinionated makes you think deeply about the surviving conclusions. If you want the strict answers, read Mishneh Torah, or the Shulkhan Arukh. If you want the meat and bones, study Talmud.

[@with_out_a_name]

It's clearly stated that a priest can marry a 3 years old girl, eo i need you to explain it to me ???

[@EfraimPalvanov]

I addressed this in the follow up video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/npiofXqso7Vof68si=XOxxPEUe5HVYaXAQ

[@Gofamily222]

Sleeping with young children sounds very similar like Islamic in the Quran. 1:30 Same spirit running behind them both. Remember, the Bible was inspired written word of God. Why would we need books coming out 500 years 600 centuries later such as the Talmud and Quran

[@milesfargo5714]

@@EfraimPalvanov No you didn't you didn't bring up sanhedrin 52b lol.

[@marvin2678]

@@Gofamily222 ah yes refelcting from the actual question

[@Belarus2012]

@@Gofamily222 where in Quran it says that sleeping with your children is allowed?

[@MichaelCumming-lo3mw]

Anti semetic is a very is such a widely used word. It is like saying anti pharmacy. In the anti semitic brief nothing is specific or concise.

[@BryanKirch]

I think every gentile should read the Talmud. Imagine what would happen if everyone was educated on these books!

[@sombrix007]

Thank for a very informative explanation of the Talmud, for what ideas it explains and stating the case of how the Talmud is misunderstood or used out of context. My search continues!

[@EfraimPalvanov]

My pleasure!

[@truescotsman4103]

Teaching reason breaks the mind. You can reason your way through almost any argument and win in crafty ways. What they need to teach is empiricism. It wasn't part of human culture until the great Greek philosophers discovered stoicism and empiricism. This led to skepticism and in those days disobeying the church was a death sentence. So bringing actual understanding came far after "reason" appeared in the human intelligence lexicon. Intelligence and knowledge were suppressed for hundreds of years. The Talmud is basically old school evil brainwashing propaganda. "Teaching kids how to think" isn't what this is it's teaching kids a very specific way to look at the world through the lens of reason tainted by specific instructions.

[@clayclayton9819]

Shavout Shalom, as someone starting my journey after 38 years. I would like to thank you for the way you express or teach what you know. I look forward to seeing your future works.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Thank you, appreciate the message :)

[@MikeMike-gw6vl]

I actually find it very strange that the religious writings are meant to be funny rather than purely informative. There is time for learning and there's time for laughing. It's like throwing jokes into constitution or the penal code. 🤔

[@GlassShardBallPit]

Respectfully I didagre, it's is not like that though. The Constitution established a country, but the Talmud established a people. While countries do not laugh, people certainly do. I wish there was more comedy, and less arguing in it, personally lol

[@10deximo41]

I don't think most people who believe in Holy Scripture apply such a legalistic view to the way they are interpreted. The Holy Bible, for instance, is not meant to be 'purely informative' (whatever that means), rather it is a library composed of many different literary styles which is all used to extract meaning and teaching from.

[@quesostuff1009]

@@10deximo41never forget the prescriptive and descriptive passages

[@jll9764]

They're lost, cant even focus their religion to one book.

[@danieldojcinovic5552]

It’s a creative way of explaining away the difficult parts.

[@andrewhewitt4500]

I’m like a little sponge that’s soaking up all that it can. Nothing is getting filtered out. Thank You for your TIME here. It is much appreciated Sir!

[@EfraimPalvanov]

My pleasure!

[@jalekianpriest6854]

Thank you dearly for this.

[@KienEnglish]

I'm from Vietnam, thank you for your explain i will read this book

[@caliphari]

Will you read it in English? Is it available in Korean?

[@GiselleAminta]

@@calipharido Vietnamese people traditionally read in Korean?

[@KenBreon]

Thank you for your boldness.

[@bennylevy1985]

Very informative

[@WizeOwl764]

Talmudic Seforim are so intimate with the holy texts it's like nothing else and no other religion or nation can match it's vulnerability . .. Our Sages are honest and sincere in their argumentation and systematic reasoning ! It preserves historical Jewish scholarship thereby informing while sharpening the mind of the modern Jew . ... Shalom Klal Yisroel ✡️🕎

[@raf_abreu]

Another great lecture! Thank Rabbi Efraim, Baruch HaShem!

[@jeffmarlatt6538]

A quality lecture that I enjoyed. This would be a benefit to anyone who is interested in an introduction to Talmud. Well done.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Thank you so much!

[@bennettbullock9690]

I wish that we could appreciate the Talmud for more than a handful of obnoxious quotes. When I search for "Talmud" on KZbin, half of the videos I get are something like "the truth of the Talmud revealed!!!!" These quotes are to be found in most ancient literature, because the ancient world was just not a very nice place. Read Aristotle and his opinions about women, slaves, and foreigners, for example. Moreover, when we do discuss these quotes, I wish we could understand that the Talmud doesn't declare anything - it is a compendium of debates on legal issues, with folklore, magic, medicine, and anecdotes thrown in. What we should take from the Talmud, Jews and gentiles alike, is its finely detailed description of life from that time and its implicit method of analysis. Specifically, that it defines categories through their intersections with other categories, and attempts to resolve the contradictions that arise. Sadly, I think this may be just a bit too abstract for a lot of people to appreciate, but the effort will pay off if you give it a try.

[@kaykay865]

LOL

[@bennettbullock9690]

@@kaykay865 ?

[@daviddale2570]

That would make sense if the negative concepts everyone is horrified by weren't practiced by modern Jews.

[@-td4abba4truth40]

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[@EfraimPalvanov]

Thank you so much!

[@allenandrews2380]

Roman catholosism and Babylonian Talmud. I encourage you to pick up a Bible and read the opinions of the prophets on Babylon and Rome, old testament and new. Its not that confusing folks. 😊

[@-td4abba4truth40]

Thank you for taking time to share TRUTH ..., Please be aware that the timelines your showing are not clear enough to read. If possible can you adjust this as I'm very interested. -Shalom Sincerely'N'TRUTH d'Anthony

[@cici765]

thank you from the bottom of my heart

[@kenross1634]

Thank you. I am jewish and have wrestled with this for years. I do not know Hebrew so it's impossible to know what's in the Talmud. I have seen many of the anti Talmud statements and have argued with them on chat lines because I can't believe that stuff is in their

[@truescotsman4103]

When you question or doubt the teachings of judaism that's not antisemitism. It's skepticism or doubt. It's just asking questions. If you make derogatory remarks, like jews do about christians, that's "antisemitism". I don't appeal to any of this ancient dogma. To me it's fascinating literature and nothing more. It has a much more profound meaning than even what theologists proport but most people can't actually understand the truth.

[@w.i.t.c.h.aholic9315]

People usually don't just ask questions about the Talmud but spread lies because they pretend they're experts because they read random quotes from antisemites and didn't do a drop of research.

[@rachelklein2319]

I want to be one in a thousand in order to understand HaShem

[@bobbyclemente21]

Always gotta use the anti-Semitic misnomer, huh? It only applies to Jews, huh? The masses just don't realize the definition of a semite: 1a: a member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia including the Akkadians, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs b: a descendant of these peoples 2: a member of a modern people speaking a Semitic language

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Yes, I agree that "anti-Semitic" is a misnomer. I prefer the more accurate term "Judeophobia". However, "anti-Semitic" is the term that has become commonly used and recognized. The general understanding is that it refers to hatred of Jews, not other Semites.

[@lulmul4698]

36:30 the gemureh says that our Talmud has all three thus with learning Talmud you are mikeiyim all three You missed that?

[@cymba729]

seriously please lets have a conversation. how is it that eastern europeans are constantly calling people antisemetic when genectically you are not semetic.??

[@EfraimPalvanov]

I don't know about Eastern Europeans, but my genetic analysis shows that I am about 98% Mesopotamian/Semitic. I actually shared the results here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/npiofXqso7Vof68si=W35rjbNG9PB9P9yd&t=951

[@shainazion4073]

Jews which ended up in Eastern Europe, do not have Eastern European DNA. Jews are not Europeans. *Ashkenazi Jews?* Jews which spent the Diaspora in Europe are the descendants of the ancient Jews brought into Europe by the Romans, mixed with the Babylonian Jews invited into France by Charlemagne and his son from the 800s to 1000s. It was illegal to convert to become a Jew for most of the 2000 years the Jews were in Europe and the 1400+ years in the Arab Muslim world. ▪︎Ashkenazi Jews still show 50% of ancient Canaanite DNA even after 2500+ years of diaspora. ▪︎Ashkenazi Jews are the Closest genetic match to the Palestinians out of All the diaspora Jewish communities. ▪︎Ashkenazi Jews match the Other Diaspora Jewish communities (Sephardi, Italkim, Mizrahi, Romaniote and others), then match non-Jewish Levantines, the Druze, Lebanese and Palestinians. ▪︎Ashkenazi Jews at 70%, and Palestinians (those living in the land for generations, not the Muslim refugees and Arab Levantine laborers that came into the land in the 1900s) at 82% share the same Y-chromosomes. meaning they came from the same ancient Levantine population. ▪︎ *Ashkenazi Jews Can be Identified at 100% Accuracy (from Europeans) by DNA Tests* if you search this with the _National Vanguard,_ you will find the article about the genetic study, *_"A genome-wide genetic signature of Jewish ancestry perfectly separates individuals with and without full Jewish ancestry in a large random sample of European Americans"_* which shows that Ashkenazi Jews Can ve Told From Europeans at 100% Accuracy by DNA Tests, even those with just one Jewish parent or grandparent.

[@el5880]

@@shainazion4073 you might be most related, but you’re majority Eastern European. You’re more genetically connected to other Eastern Europeans, hence why you look like them

[@shainazion4073]

@@el5880 False! *_"A genome-wide genetic signature of Jewish ancestry perfectly separates individuals with and without full Jewish ancestry in a large random sample of European Americans"_* Educate yourself!!!

[@el5880]

@@shainazion4073 you are cherry picking. The OVERWHELMING majority of genetic research of Ashkenazi Jews is Eastern European. Oi Vey!!

[@lasirius1]

Im just wondering why you dont refer to one of the two talmuds as the Palestinian talmud? Is it forbidden like saying the name of G-d.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

The Romans destroyed Jerusalem and Judea nearly 2000 years ago and then, to further humiliate and wipe away all memory of the Jews, renamed the area "Palestine" and attached it to the nearby province of Syria to make "Syria-Palaestina". That said, why would I use a term promoted by the wicked pagan Romans, that propagates the erasure of my people's history? Besides, the two Talmuds were historically always referred to as the Bavli and Yerushalmi ("Babylonian" and "Jerusalem"), so there was never a thing to call it the "Palestinian" Talmud.

[@TorahisLife358]

Fantastic as always! I would love to see a lecture on Hebrew Rooters using the Talmud saying gentiles deserve death for keeping the Sabbath.

[@blkhistorydecoded]

We can tell a lot by behavior. When "we misunderstand" the Talmud, how is it that we see some of the nasty info in the Talmud is indorsed by some Jews and very little condemnation?

[@EfraimPalvanov]

For example?

[@blkhistorydecoded]

​@@EfraimPalvanovNow that I have your attention. AshkeNAZI, why would the German Army take part of the AshkeNAZI name and make it their own? Seems weird to me. I have asked this question many times but nobody seems to have an answer. Hope u do.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

@@blkhistorydecoded "Ashkenazi" and "Nazi" have nothing to do with each other. Ashkenazi (pronounced with a "z" sound) comes from the Torah (Genesis 10:3) and is traditionally understood as the Biblical name for Germany/Central Europe. This is why Jews from Germany/Central Europe are referred to as "Ashkenazi Jews". Nazi (pronounced with a "ts" sound) comes from a contraction of "National Socialist" in German ("nationalsozialismus"). Due to limitations of the English language, the same letter "z" is used for both the "z" sound and the "ts" sound (whereas in Hebrew the former is represented by the letter zayin, while the latter is represented by the letter tzadi). They do not sound the same and the Germans did not get "Nazi" from "Ashkenazi"!

[@blkhistorydecoded]

@@EfraimPalvanov Nazi, wether pronounced differently, is in the AshkeNAZI name. Propaganda is a powerful tool used by the West to make us believe what they want. Did the German Army refer to themselves as Nazis or was that western propaganda? U would think that before WWII began a nickname for AshkeNAZI Jews would be Ash or Nazi.

[@blkhistorydecoded]

@@EfraimPalvanov The way various leaders in Israel speak shows a nasty behavior/thinking. Also I know for a FACT that so called King David, King Solomon and even Jesus do not come from that area. A massive lie has been perpetrated on mankind and as u see, people around the world r starting to wake up.

[@lopinitupou4626]

Your clever in speaking rhetorically to lessen the evilness of these Rabbis. Sir, you can't hide the evil of these men, it will be revealed one way or the other. Your guilty of aiding this evil.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Or maybe you've been brainwashed by antisemites...

[@erik01270]

Ok buddy...

[@AftertheFactZach_]

What does the Talmud say about Jesus Christ?

[@barnem108]

alot people say the same about the quran @0:58. what happenes humans start twisting things which casues wars

[@truescotsman4103]

actualizing reality with words. you're welcome.

[@karenwashburn4279]

I dont believe you..too many awful lies about Jesus

[@MrKazakhh]

For 2000 years christians have persecuted Jews, lied about Jews and harmed Jews. Even today you still do it. Just because a few Jews we’re against Christ doesn’t mean all of them. You falsely blamed the Jews for killing Christ and used that to hate Jews. Since you don’t believe Jews why are you commenting on Jewish content, stay away from us.

[@shainazion4073]

How do you know they're lies? Jews don't bother with Jesus, we don't bother with Buddha either......

[@dduffy1133]

Any THING not of love, is hate. ❤

[@Qrayon]

Not true. It could be indifference.

[@quesostuff1009]

@@Qrayonthere’s actually a debate that indifference or neutral may not be a thing Granted that seems highly motivated by the view or angle you look at things

[@Qrayon]

@@quesostuff1009 It could also be a liking that falls short of love, or a disliking that does not descend to the level of hatred. It could also be not indifferent but neutral

[@mecarhealyhaveford2133]

Hello can you explain about Naamah king Solomon wife❤

[@karlacostar4114]

This is a genuine question there is an old documentary going around at the moment and i cant find it in its entirety which i would like to do. But what i did see and what was shown and read on the screen about the Babylonian Talmud it gave a breif history ect. It stated that the Pharisees said that having sexual intercourse with a child under 3 years of age was not a problem as the hymn grew back and it was like a poke in the eye with a finger. Now these volumes of the Talmud were in a Temple library... I found all this very disturbing and a bit soul destroying to be totally honest. I am a Christian and i wanted to understand How the Jewish people understand Hashem. As the Torah , was given to you first. The prophets, your rich history being Abrahams children. I love G-d and i feel understanding is missing . And the Jewish people have this deeper understanding that is missing because i dont get the cultural context and the history. But i need to say again , i am deeply shocked by what i saw yesterday. I came across your channel this evening and thought id watch it. Thank you

[@w.i.t.c.h.aholic9315]

Why is it so hard to understand that reading a random quote doesn't make you know anything? You need to look up what's written before and after which is so easy with Google.

[@Alisha-rt4um]

Yes it’s true. There’s a documentary made by a pastor who studied the Talmud and all the things you mentioned were confirmed as written in the Talmud. He even referred to the Jewish encyclopaedia and exposed what the Talmud was all about. This video will never tell you the truth about this and they always say it’s a collection of scriptures about a bunch of rabbis debating whenever you mention these despicable truths to them.

[@Alisha-rt4um]

@@w.i.t.c.h.aholic9315so you’re saying that Talmud doesn’t say it’s ok to have intercourse with a 3 yr old baby girl? Why not just answer the question n Please don’t say it’s a bunch of rabbis just debating

[@w.i.t.c.h.aholic9315]

You actually think a pastor knows Jewish books better than the Jews?@@Alisha-rt4um

[@karlacostar4114]

@w.i.t.c.h.aholic9315 I want a response from a Rabbi that will explain. Unfortunately, that hasn't happened yet.

[@TorahisLifeandLight]

If the Talmud is a book of ideas , and it is not based on the prophets authority, why then brothers/Jews that go to Yeshiva are forced to use the Talmud to interpret the Tanakh or Torah? As matter of fact, Yeshiva discourages to read the Torah or Tanakh directly unless using the Talmud as a side book.

[@salman13]

Moses speaks of how the elders would rebel in Deuteronomy 31...he literally says he will testify against them. The elders end up with a special oral tradition that later became the Talmud. So if your source is based upon oral traditions of the elders, then you should be skeptical.

[@markayzen9997]

Show me one yeshiva that does this? The amoraim when discussing some law they search the origin in the Bible and the the law in the Mishnah. There is other interpretations for the Bible like Rashi. The Talmud is the interpretation of the Mishnah plus a lot of ideas. The a shame that people don’t understand the meaning of the Talmud. Specially non Jews

[@salman13]

@@markayzen9997 The Talmud came from the elders. Moses spoke of the corruption of his people and wanted it known that he wants nothing to do with them. The elders he calls out are the very people who came out with the Talmud which sort of became more important . Doesn't take a lot to figure out why.

[@markayzen9997]

@@salman13 I can see that you are not Jewish the Talmud is the interpretation of the Mishnah , and the Mishnah is the codex of the all Torah. What you talking as is your Cristian nonsense. You need to see the videos for rebbi Tobia zinger and read he’s book let’s get biblical. I’m sorry only a Jew that study the daily page of the Talmud can tell what is the Talmud

[@salman13]

@@markayzen9997 it came from the elders and their descendants that Moses called out so whatever you want to call it, you would have to think 10x before you think you need it to understand the Torah.

[@dkbrain3434]

21:45 - Talmud is funny. Yes!

[@alvinford6522]

Isa.8:20.

[@matisyahup613]

I went to a yeshiva and had some formal education, but most of my learning took place after yeshiva. It is an acquired interest, something that takes time to develop. But now I learn it almost every day, and have learned about half of the entire talmud. I hope to finish it one day.

[@dipuomararela-hoefig5078]

You are perfectly aware that you are imperfect, so you have no doubts about your own natural humanity. So please let yourself be the most imperfect human being on the planet. Then and only then will you ever experience the true divine nature of your very own essence of being in touch with WHO WAS. WHO IS. WHO ALWAYS WILL BE. HE WHO ALWAYS HAS BEEN. Author Unknown.

[@musicman1770]

PLEASE PLEASE Do a video that is a response to all the distortions of Anti Gentile comments that are located in the Talmud.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Addressed it in Part 2 here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/npiofXqso7Vof68

[@musicman1770]

@@EfraimPalvanov Shkoyach. Just watched it. Excellent!!!!

[@EfraimPalvanov]

@@musicman1770 Glad to hear :)

[@dracobaby9]

Jesus is king

[@user-ky7jx1cr5k]

Judaism comedy out of a Kurdish Empire. The Sassanid Empire.

[@RudydeGroot]

At 23:05 - There is a list of 'jewish' American comedians. But would you consider Jay Leno, Jim Carrey, Bill Murray, Rowan Atkinson and Steve Martin as being Jewish?? These are more likely to be Catholics if you ask me... And Matt Groening produced some very disturbing antisemitic gestures in his 'The Simpsons'. So how could he be even listed there? Adam Sandler and Sacha Baron Cohen are probably the only true Jews on the list.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

To clarify, that was not a list of Jewish comedians, that was a list of the most successful comedians.

[@amirisrael9685]

Semi. Ish. Revelations 2:9

[@lopinitupou4626]

Your funny too

[@user-qt8nh6cw5b]

I haven't watched all the way through, but I have a feeling that if you are honest and transparent with this document, it will get taken down immediately.

[@bobbyclemente21]

And it's not so guess what? #propaganda

[@akulasalupailman650]

It is duplicate book original is paleo Hebrew old testament and new testament

[@waltermacelt2556]

It’s very interesting take. Per you: the Talmud is very complicated, difficult to read /understand and taken out of context BUT u can understand and your option on it is not taking it out of context. The good things in the book are true and the negative stuff is taken out of context or or or just FUNNY . Ya, it a comedy book

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Nothing to do with me or my understanding. There is an entire methodology to learning and understanding Talmud, and it takes years to master. If you'd like a simplification of the Talmud, you can read Maimonides' Mishneh Torah, which was essentially a codification of all the Talmud's conclusions and teachings. As he explains in the Introduction, he wrote the Mishneh Torah to save people the trouble of having to master Talmud. In any case, the Talmud is objectively funny and that's obvious when you read it and see the many humorous remarks.

[@user-iz1hd9si3m]

There is no 'the' Talmud, there are at least two, the Jersalem and the Babylonian the latter predating the Romans by quite a bit.

[@squanchyhernandez-married8396]

Give us some jokes from the Sanhedrin, or give us some context.

[@carlajoseph5091]

This is madness

[@aaat600]

Tamud was produced by the pharisee, the real Jewish are placed by the highest

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Not exactly, please see the class on 'Understanding Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes' here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/apzFYZyHj66Fmbcsi=b1q1_CaKjApSIBxZ

[@us3rG]

No, its naver misunderstood lol

[@marvin2678]

they just lie to us beasts

[@davidsimmons5936]

This is lies blasphemy I'm Moses

[@carlajoseph5091]

Hebrews don’t persecute you all,,,, You are always making fun of the Hebrew🤔

[@alisabardin2422]

Talmud is not word of God, right?

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Right

[@SteveFirefly777]

Thank you very much for this teaching, and sorry for all the antisemitic tripe you have to deal with.

[@lulmul4698]

כי בי"צחק" יקרא לך זרע!

[@el5880]

Imagine dedicating your life to a bunch of fake stories.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

No one is "dedicating" their life to the stories. The stories are meant to enhance your life.

[@el5880]

@@EfraimPalvanov no, it’s meant to propagandize. Pretty sure rabbis dedicate their lives to studying this nonsense.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

@@el5880 How many rabbis do you know personally?

[@el5880]

@@EfraimPalvanov irrelevant point. Yeshiva exists.