Among Jews in modern Europe, the Talmudic style triumphed and the kabbalah, in the end, vanished.

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He learned both Hebrew and Yiddish, and his mother wanted him to be a Talmudic scholar or a rabbi.

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Each year another 6, 000-odd haredi yeshiva (Talmudic seminary) students reach the age of 18 and join the ranks of the draft-dodgers.

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Even more important is Mr Barak's agreement with the ultra-Orthodox party, United Torah Judaism, on new rules for the military conscription of students at yeshivas, or Talmudic colleges.

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The only technology the self-impregnating woman needs is a straw or turkey baster, and the basic technique hasn't changed much since Talmudic scholars debated the religious implications of insemination without sex in the fifth century.

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Many faiths know a moment when a territorial practice gets pointed toward a symbolic and indoor activity: thus, most famously, the move from the Temple Judaism of ancient Israel to the Talmudic, rabbinical Judaism that arose after the destruction of the Temple.

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