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How the sages' debates across many generations became the monumental works known as the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds

Sometimes seen as inaccessible, Leviticus nevertheless contains important material about holiness.

Laws regarding purity and impurity may seem obscure to modern Jews, but the concepts give us a glimpse into a world where manifestations of death within life are not sanitized away.

The order of the Mishnah that describes the customs, laws, and rituals of Judaism's holy days

The rabbis restored the religious meaning of the sacrificial cult even though the Temple itself had been destroyed.

Seder Nashim's primary concern is the protection of society's "exceptional" members.

The Judean and Israelite monarchies from the rise of King Solomon to the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem.

The harsh environment of the wilderness lead to Israel's spiritual development as a nation.

The literary prophets had a difficult and often unpopular mission.

The two versions of the Talmud developed simultaneously in the two major Jewish communities of the rabbinic era.