May 26, 2019
Who or What is Chazal?
Who or What is Chazal?
Image: A page from a medieval Jerusalem Talmud manuscript. Found in the Cairo genizah. Public Domain.
“Chazal says…” a more advanced rabbinical students said to me, in answer to a question. I heard, “Chagall says…” and was very confused. I’d asked a question about halakhah (Jewish law) – why is he quoting a Jewish artist?
Chazal (Kha-ZAHL) is a word denoting all the sages, the ancient…
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