Pronounced TALH-muhd, this word from the Hebrew root for "study" refers to the Jewish legal code known as the Mishnah and the vast body of rabbinic commentary on it, known as the Gemara.
God speaks to Moses after the death of Aaron’s two sons, who were killed for coming too close to the presence of God. God instructs Moses and Aaron on the procedures surrounding Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. God describes all the laws surrounding sexual prohibitions.Learn more.
COMMENTARY
We can learn from and adopt only those practices foreign to Judaism that enhance and strengthen Jewish practice.