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NO OF PAGES: 0 SUB CAT I: Talmud SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: For five generations of the Talmudic era, the great Sages of the Land of Israel flourished in the Galil. There, like the Sages of Babylonia, they debated, expounded, and applied the laws and principles of the Mishnah that were received at Sinai .The sacred learning of those years was gathered in the Talmud Yerushalmi ? The Jerusalem Talmud.

They lived with Roman pogroms and persecution ? but the flame of Torah burned bright despite it all. Until about 350 C. E., when brutal Roman anti-Semitism decimated the Holy Land?s yeshivos and silenced its voice of Torah. But the Sages? teachings live on in the Talmud Yerushalmi, just as the teachings of Babylonia live one in the Talmud Bavli ? The Babylonian Talmud.

But while the Sages of Babylonia had another 150 years to redact, clarify and organize the text of the Babylonian Talmud, Roman persecution in the Holy Land made that impossible. Thus, the Jerusalem Talmud is exceedingly difficult, and ? despite its great significance ? it has been a closed book to all but select, elite scholars.NOTES: Purchased from Artscroll.com. SUBTITLE:… (more)

One of the hardest things to avoid in life is speaking bad about someone (lashon hara), or gossiping (rechilut). Chofetz Chaim daily companion gives daily lessons on how to improve oneself in this area. It is critical to understand that these aveirot (sins) are equal in seriousness to that of murder. Why you ask? Because the sages tell us that when someone causes the bood of someone to rush to their face as a result of being embarrased over what someone has said about them, this is akin to murder. Hopefully, we will all learn the lesson that if we don't have anything positive to say about someone, we should just keep quiet!… (more)