"Without the Talmud, we would not be able to understand passages in the Bible. ... God has handed this authority to the sages and tradition is a necessity as well as scripture. ... Anyone who does not study the Talmud cannot understand Scripture."
— Talmud

January 1, 1970

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Yechiel of Paris, in Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism: Surprising Differences, Conflicting Visions, and Worldview Implications — From the Early Church to Our Modern Time by Jonas E. Alexis, vol. I, p. 266