Scriptures and Talmud – What is Reality and What is Parable?

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Yaron Yadan 09/29/2006

Scriptures and Talmud – What is Reality and What is Parable?

The method of allegorical interpretation is not consistent and the reader cannot tell when something is parable and when it is not.

What the Dead Feel and What They Say

Chazal's faith in talking souls and the Scriptural permission to embalm a body and cremate it.

The Amoraim treat the Mishnah as their own

The Sages of the Talmud add, subtract, and remove words from the Mishnah in order to reach their pre-determined conclusions.

The Torah Spoke in a Human Manner

Chazal's view of the Scriptures is ambivalent. Sometimes it speaks in a human manner, sometimes in cryptic ways, sometime precisely, all based on the Sages' whim.

Halachic Times

With the development of astronomy, the Halachic determination of times has become ridiculous and erroneous.

The Conversation of The Sages is Naught but Lewdness…

Chazal's descriptions and language shows a preoccupation with sex bordering on perversion. The sexy doe and a Biblical vibrator.