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Frequently Asked Questions

• What is the Jewish repair manual?

  The Jewish repair manual are those texts that help us fix the tradition when it stalls on the side of the road. Like all technical manuals, these were initially intended not for the masses, but for the relative few who would devote their careers to getting under the hood of the tradition. For Judaism, that repair manual is the Talmud.

• What is the Talmud for?

  The Talmud is a manual for repairing, modifying, upgrading, and improving the Jewish tradition when components of it are no longer serving us well.

• What is included in the AAS manual?

  Both in a single booklet. The manual opens with a history of A.A. services; explains the Conference structure and its year-round importance; includes the Conference Charter and General Service Board Bylaws.

• Where can I find owner's manuals and repair manuals?

  If you prefer a printed document to thumb through, or you would like to search for an older document, these are available in the Print on Demand portal. In the portal, you can find owner’s and repair manuals for a wide variety of models. You can choose between PDF downloads and printed copies.

• Why read the Talmud?

  The Talmud is a gift entrusted to every one of us by our Jewish ancestors who hoped we would find within it the tools to make ourselves, our tradition, and the world around us, better. So consider this an invitation to take a seat at the table where the tradition of the future will be created.

• Is the Talmud a code of law?

  The Talmud is not a code of Jewish law, though there’s plenty of law in it. Nor is it a collection of Jewish wisdom, though there’s a lot of wisdom in it, too. Nor is it a compendium of Jewish lore, though it’s chock full of stories.

• Which Talmudic books are in the public domain?

  Rodkinsons' ten-book edition, the only extensive one currently in the public domain, contains complete translations of the 'Festivals' and 'Jurisprudence' sections of the Talmud. Rodkinson only finished about a third of the Talmud.

• What is the Jerusalem Talmud ?

  As Jewish life in the Holy Land disintegrated, the teachings of the Galilean scholars were written (but never properly redacted) in what is commonly known as the Jerusalem Talmud (Talmud Yerushalmi ).