Talmud is a Hebrew word that means learning. The Talmud is the most important work of learning in Judaism. It is a collection of the Torah she-Ba-al Peh, the Oral Law, that was given to Moshe at Sinai together with the Written Law. The Talmud was passed down in an unbroken chain of oral tradition for generations until it was written down around 500 CE. The Talmud is also known as the Gemara, an Aramaic word that means completion or tradition.
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There is a Jewish nautical mind! Israel after all is a country by the sea. There are well know ancient seaports at its shore. Less well know is the vast store house of laws, philosophy, anecdotes and experience about ships, the sea and the Jewish experience of nautical enterprise that is contained in the Talmud.
This Blog will present that view of the Talmud. This is a project of What If What Next(TM) a Public Relations firm located in Toronto, Canada.
For more information contact the Author:
Howard Oliver
Partner, What If What Next (TM)
Toronto, Ontario
holiver@whatifwhatnext.com
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Tuesday, December 27
Selling a Ship
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Howard
on Tue 27 Dec 2005 01:56 PM PST
Tractate Baba Bathra Folio 73a MISHNAH. He who sells a ship sells its contents: mast, sails anchor and all the implements needed for directing it, but he does not sell the crew, bags or stores. If, however the vendor says: It and all that it contains, then all these are included in the sail. Tuesday, December 13
Ritual Purity at Sea
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Howard
on Tue 13 Dec 2005 02:39 PM PST
Shabbath 83b MISHNAH. How DO WE KNOW THAT A SHIP IS CLEAN? BECAUSE IT IS SAID, THE WAY OF A ... more » |
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