The Talmud is the source of Jewish law a holy text of enormous significance in Rabbinic Judaism. These selections by scholar H. Polano are poignant valuable highlights of the Talmudic lore.Beginning with a background history of the Bible we are given insight into how the Jewish teachings and precepts were altered over time. The social and political upheavals of ancient Judaea led the temple to draft new laws and rules; Romes occupation and its destruction of the Second Temple amid a popular revo