“We don't call it discussing Talmud; we call it arguing Talmud.”
Lieba Schwartz
“Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, 'Grow, grow.'”
The Talmud
“Pharisaism became Talmudism, Talmudism became Medieval Rabbinism, and Medieval Rabbinism became Modern Rabbinism. But throughout these changes in name...the spirit of the ancient Pharisees survives, unaltered...”
Rabbi Louis Finkelstein
“The Jewish religion as it is today traces its descent, without a break, through all the centuries, from the Pharisees. Their leading ideas and methos found expression in a literature of enormous extent, of which a very great deal is still in existence. The Talmud is the largest and most important single piece of that literature...and the study of it is essential for any real understanding of Pharisaism.”
Universal Jewish Encyclopedia
“There is no pity for a man who moans about living in one town and does not move to another.”
“This is the punishment of a liar: he is not believed, even when he speaks the truth.”
“The very man who has argued you down, will sometimes be found, years later, to have been influenced by what you said”
C.S. Lewis
