noun
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a scholar specializing in the study of the Talmud
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any of the writers of or contributors to the Talmud
Etymology
Origin of Talmudist
Example Sentences
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The second son was ordained at the age of seventeen, and by the time he was twenty had achieved an awesome reputation as a Talmudist.
From Literature
He was a great Talmudist, but he had been trained in a European yeshiva, and I didn’t think he would take kindly to the scientific method of studying Talmud.
From Literature
Reuven, Reb Saunders is a great Talmudist and a great tzaddik.
From Literature
“The rules are very confusing. You have to be a Talmudist to figure out which program treats gifts from family as ordinary income,” said Rabbi Moshe Weisberg, the Lakewood head of what is called the Vaad, a self-governing council for the ultra-Orthodox community.
From Los Angeles Times
The renowned 20th-century Talmudist Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik once wrote that for Jews, “bygones turn into facts, pale memories into living experiences and archaeological history into a vibrant reality.”
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