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What is the Talmud, and why is it significant?

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The Talmud records the legal and religious discussions thousands of rabbis had over centuries until it was compiled in about 500 CE

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It constitutes the foundation of Jewish law, practice and customs to this very day and forms the core curriculum of Orthodox yeshivas.

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