Babylonian Talmud

First-person: There is growing evidence the Iraqi government is serious about rebuilding this ancient wonder of the world.

Miriam Anzovin is the millennial TikToker making Gemara more accessible on one of today's leading social media platforms.

The material has supposed connections to Babylonia's Tower of Babel, the myth that supposedly explains why different languages exist.

The drawing is approximately 3,500-years-old and presents a male ghost with his hands tied by a rope, being led by a woman.

“If you die at the end of the year, literally on the cusp, which is exactly when Ruth died, that means in a sense that you’re assured for that whole year because you’re one of the righteous people.”

The researchers have been able to pin down the moment of the destruction to 586 BCE, when the Babylonians conquered Jerusalem and devastated its temple.

"Hadran alach, ve’hadrach alan”, Aramaic for “We have returned to you and we will return to you, dear tractate, and you have returned to us and will return to us.”

The competition was held for both parents and children at the Jerusalem Theater and was an initiative of the Talmud Israeli project.

The current find is one of the oldest and perhaps the most prominent in its historical significance, as the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem is a major moment in Jewish history.

Some of the most senior rabbis in the national religious community participated in the study session.