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Hebrew word lamod signifies "to teach," and to "teach by example." The word example is always understood. To teach—this is what is meant by tradition. It means that the child learns from its father. From this word we get the word talmud.

We also have the word shanoh, which means "to learn," and gamor, which means "having learned or having ceased to learn." The Talmuds are written on parchment or papyrus. The scroll is about twenty inches wide, and wound around a roller. From these Talmuds there have been many books written by the Jewish rabbis.

The most important is the Mishna, Its name indicates what it is—the Law. It contains the laws of all nations, or a part of the laws of the various nations of the earth, such as the Jewish Sanhedrim thought were compatible with the laws of God. Its principal teachings are what we would call the moral law of God—that is to say, anything is right if God says it is right, and this is the only reason why it is right. This work has been the great reference-book for the Jewish rabbis in all ages. It was translated (52)