Soncino, THE BABYLONIAN TALMUD, 1935-36, editor Chief Rabbi Dr I. Epstein, The Soncino Press, London, England.
[[The Talmud commentary on the Hebrew Scriptures had been recited for centuries before the Common Era (that is, Before Christ or B.C.) in the Jerusalem and Babylonian rabbi academies of Judaism, and elswehere. The general Judaist teaching is that the Babylonian Talmud overrides the Jerusalem Talmud and even the Torah, that is, the first five books of the Old Testament. In spite of a prohibition against putting the "oral teachings" into writing, it is thought that the two Talmud versions were written down around the first century after Christ.]]
WOMEN MISHNAH. NEITHER SHALL HE MULTIPLY WIVES TO HIMSELF – ONLY EIGHTEEN. R. JUDAH SAID: HE MAY HAVE MORE, PROVIDED THEY DO NOT TURN AWAY HIS HEART. R. SIMEON SAID: HE MUST NOT MARRY EVEN ONE WHO MAY TURN AWAY HIS HEART. … (Book "Sanhedrin," 1935, 21a) [[<www.come-and-hear.com/sanhedrin/sanhedrin_21.html>]] A daughter is a vain treasure to her father. … happy is he whose children are males, and woe to him whose children are females. (Book "Sanhedrin," 100b; page 681. Exh. 103, p 188) [[<http://:www.come-and-hear.com/sanhedrin/sanhedrin_100.html>]] The question was asked: Is it allowed to perform the first marital act on the Sabbath? (Book "Kethuboth", 1936, 5b; page 18) ANOTHER TEACHER … On the eve of the Passover Yeshu was hanged. For forty days before the execution took place, a herald went forth and cried, 'He is going forth to be stoned because he has practised sorcery and enticed Israel to apostasy. … But since nothing was brought forward in his favour he was hanged on the eve of the Passover! … Was he not a Mesith (enticer), concerning whom Scripture says, Neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him? ("Sanhedrin," 43a; page 281) [[Part of footnote (2)]] … The uncensored edition continues: … He (Jesus) … went, put up a brick, and worshipped it. … ("Sanhedrin," 107b; page 736) CHILD CONNECTIONS Rab said: Pederasty with a child below nine years of age is not deemed as pederasty with a child above that, Samuel said: Pederasty with a child below three years is not treated as with a child above that. ("Sanhedrin," 54b; page 371) R. Joseph said: Come and hear! A maiden aged three years and a day may be acquired in marriage by coition, and if her deceased husband's brother cohabits with her, she becomes his. The penalty of adultery may be incurred through her. … If any of the forbidden degrees had intercourse with her, they are executed on her account, but she is exempt. ("Sanhedrin," 55b; page 376; Exh 55, p 164) A maiden aged three years and a day may be acquired in marriage by coition, and if her deceased husband's brother cohabited with her, she becomes his. ("Sanhedrin," 69a; page 469) All agree that the connection of a boy aged nine years and a day is a real connection; whilst that of one less than eight years is not; … ("Sanhedrin," 69b; page 470) Raba said, We also learned a similar Baraitha: A girl who is three years of age and one day may be betrothed by cohabitation; if a levir cohabitated with her, he has thereby acquired her; one incurs through her the guilt of intercourse with a married woman; … she defiles her cohabitor in respect of his imparting defilement to the lower, as well as to the upper couch; … (Book "Yebamoth," 1936, 57b, page 386) [[AND compare with "Yebamoth," 60b, page 402]] TREATING NON-JEWS Has it not been taught: 'With respect to robbery – if one stole or robbed or [seized] a beautiful woman, or [committed] similar offences, if [these were perpetrated] by one Cuthean against another, [the theft, etc.] must not be kept, and likewise [the theft] of an Israelite by a Cuthean, but that of a Cuthean by an Israelite may be retained'? […] "For murder, whether of a Cuthean by a Cuthean, or of an Israelite by a Cuthean, punishment is incurred; but of a Cuthean by an Israelite, there is no death penalty'? ("Sanhedrin," 57a; page 388) m R. Aḥa, the son of R. Ika answered: It applies to the withholding of a labourer's wage. One Cuthean from another, or a Cuthean from an Israelite is forbidden, but an Israelite from a Cuthean is permitted. ("Sanhedrin," 57a; page 389) A heathen who studies the Torah deserves death, for it is written, Moses commanded us a law for an inheritance; it is our inheritance, not theirs. [[From the footnotes on that page:]] R. Johanan … said that God's covenant with Israel was only for the sake of the Oral Law (Cf. Ex. Rab. 47.) [[i.e., the Talmud.]] ("Sanhedrin," 59a; page 400) Rab Judah said in Rab's name: One who … returns a lost article to a Cuthean – concerning him Scripture saith, … The Lord will not spare him. ("Sanhedrin," 76b; page 517) IF HE INTENDED KILLING AN ANIMAL, BUT SLEW A MAN, OR A HEATHEN AND HE SLEW AN ISRAELITE, OR A PREMATURELY BORN BUT HE SLEW A VIABLE CHILD, HE IS NOT LIABLE. This implies, that if he intended killing one [Israelite] and killed another, he is liable. [Thereupon] R. SIMEON SAID: EVEN IF HE INTENDED KILLING ONE BUT KILLED ANOTHER, HE IS NOT LIABLE. ("Sanhedrin," 79a; page 530) When the serpent copulated with Eve, he infused her with lust. The lust of the Israelites who stood at Mount Sinai, came to an end, the lust of the idolaters who did not stand at Mount Sinai did not come to an end. (Book "Yebamoth," 1936, 103b; page 711) An Israelite woman should not suckle a child of a heathen, because she rears a child for idolatry; nor should a heathen woman [be allowed to] suckle a child of an Israelite woman, because she is liable to murder it. (Book "Abodah Zara," 1935, 26a; page 130, Exh. 185, p 229) THEOLOGY, ETHICAL SYSTEM And he who desires that none of his vows made during the year shall be valid, let him stand at the beginning of the year and declare, 'Every vow which I may make in the future shall be null. 1 [HIS VOWS ARE THEN INVALID.] PROVIDING THAT HE REMEMBERS THIS AT THE TIME OF THE VOW. [[Footnote:]] (1) This may have provided a support for the custom of reciting Kol Nidre (a formula for dispensation of vows) prior to the Evening Service of the Day of Atonement (Ran.). [[which is NOT the beginning of the Judaist year.]] … The law of revocation in advance was not made public. (Book "Nedarim," 1936, 23b; page 68) "MISHNAH. THE BLASPHEMER IS PUNISHED ONLY IF HE UTTERS [THE DIVINE] NAME. 3 (3) I.e., the Tetragrammaton. (Book "Sanhedrin," 55b; page 378. Exhibit 56, p 165) [[Definition: The Tetragrammaton is represented as YHWH, or in modern times as YHVH, that is yod, he, vav, he, or Hebrew reading right to left, י ה ו ה. It is often shown in English as Yehovah / Jehovah / Yahweh. Judaists from ancient times began reverencing this name by refusing to pronounce it, but using a substitute word, Adonai.]] Raba said: If one bound his neighbour and he died of starvation, he is not liable to execution. Raba also said: If he bound him in the sun, and he died, or in a place of intense cold and he died, he is liable; but if the sun was yet to appear, or the cold to make itself felt, he is not. Raba also said: If he bound him before a lion, he is not liable, … ("Sanhedrin," 77a; page 520) MISHNAH. THERE IS GREATER STRINGENCY IN RESPECT TO THE TEACHINGS OF THE SCRIBES THAN IN RESPECT TO THE TORAH ("Sanhedrin," 88b; page 587) … did not the Master say, 'All countries are [like] dough towards the Land of Israel, and the Land of Israel is [like] dough towards Babylon. … Rab Judah said: Whoever lives in Babylon is accounted as though he lived in the Land of Israel; … ("Kethuboth," 1936, 111a; page 715) [[<http://:www.come-and-hear.com/kethuboth/kethuboth_111.html>]] ADAM'S ALLEGED INTERCOURSE STATEMENT R. Eleazar further stated: What is meant by the text, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh? This teaches that Adam had intercourse with every beast and animal but found no satisfaction until he cohabited with Eve. ("Yebamoth," 1936, 63a; page 420) FARM WORKER STATEMENT R. Eleazar further stated: No occupation is inferior to that of agricultural labour; for it is said, And they shall come down. ("Yebamoth," 63a; page 420) |
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