The Talmud Arrives at TUC

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AT the very least, The Talmud offers incredible historical insight into the Rabbinical understanding of the Torah. Though its wealth of knowledge is not for everyone. How about you. Do you dig it? I’m a bit of an archeologist myself. I’m also hungry for some brisket and kugel at the moment. Maybe a little bagels and lox on the side. I’d even settle for some Matzo Ball Soup. In other news, the Torah Portions cycle is about to renew in the autumn and I’m aiming to up my game with the breadth of research offered to the TUC Community. Therefore, the complete Talmud, all 6 volumes, are offered for those of you who are interested in Rabbinical insight and prefer reading from actual paper rather than a computer screen. Each volume includes both the Hebrew and the English translation.

You can pick up your copies in the TUC Store.

The Talmud is not a single book, but a massive compilation of Jewish oral law and commentary. It is divided into six major orders (Shisha Sedarim), which are further divided into 63 tractates (masekhet). The entire collection consists of the foundational Mishnah (the oral law) and the Gemara (subsequent rabbinic analysis). 

The six orders, along with their primary themes and included tractates, are organized as follows: 

 

1. Zeraim (Seeds)

Deals with agricultural laws, tithes, and blessings. 

  • Tractates: Berachot, Peah, Demai, Kilayim, Sheviit, Terumot, Ma’aserot, Ma’aser Sheni, Challah, Orlah, Bikkurim.

 

2. Moed (Festival)

Details the laws of the Sabbath, Jewish holidays, and fast days.

  • Tractates: Shabbath, Eruvin, Pesachim, Shekalim, Yoma, Succah, Beitzah, Rosh Hashana, Taanit, Megillah, Moed Katan, Chagigah. 

 

3. Nashim (Women)

Covers marriage, divorce, contracts, and family laws. 

  • Tractates: Yevamot, Ketubot, Nedarim, Nazir, Sotah, Gittin, Kiddushin. 

 

4. Nezikin (Damages)

Focuses on civil and criminal law, torts, damages, and ethics.

  • Tractates: Bava Kamma, Bava Metzia, Bava Batra, Sanhedrin, Makkot, Shevuot, Eduyyot, Avodah Zarah, Avot (Pirkei Avot), Horayot. 

 

5. Kodashim (Holy Things)

Contains laws related to the Temple sacrifices, dietary laws (Kashrut), and the priesthood.

  • Tractates: Zevachim, Menachot, Chullin, Bekhorot, Arakhin, Temurah, Keritot, Me’ilah, Tamid, Middot, Kinnim. 

 

6. Taharot (Purities)

Discusses the laws of ritual purity and impurity. 

  • Tractates: Keilim, Oholot, Negaim, Parah, Taharot, Mikvaot, Niddah, Makhshirin, Zavim, Tevul Yom, Yadayim, Uktzin.

IN the summer of 2019, I was seated in the wine cellar of a walled Medieval town high above the Dordogne Valley of France, not far from Sarlat-la-Canéda, making phone calls, writing reports. I have given this story in other places and it appears as though you’re about to hear it again. Rob Skiba is a name you that you might be familiar with. Though he had made a name for himself as a Nephilim researcher, more recently Rob had taken a dive into the deep end of the pool via flat earth research. The recorded interviews I conducted between he and Rick Hummer, a fellow flat earth investigator and close friend of his, was published while still occupying that very wine cellar. Read all about it. Chicago Is Not a Mirage.

Word quickly spread. Within a few short weeks, dozens of flat earth researchers began accepting my invite for a private interview, if not a series of interviews. From a 17th-century tower built by King Louis XIV, and with a stunning view of the Alps, I sat down with Robbie Davidson, founder of the Flat Earth International Conferences, conducting multiple sessions. While staying in Dumfries, Scotland, David Weiss agreed to take part in the interviews, as did Bob Knodel of Globebusters. There were others. But when I asked the interviewees to discuss the moments that shaped their lives, among the many PSYOPs, false flag attacks, and hoaxes that were discussed, only these men committed commentary to the false 9/11 narrative.

The resulting recordings ballooned into The Unexpected Cosmology, a book which became a website and was even intended as an anthology. And of course, the following discourse was originally a chapter. It was Walt Disney who stated, “Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.” Those sentiments remain applicable here as well. American Sensationalism: The 9/11 Interviews was always intended to be expanded upon with the inclusion of new researchers. So I’m sorry to say the project became stagnant during the Covid-19 psychodrama. I took a break to tackle other projects. We lost Rob Skiba. Rob offered hours of private conversation regarding his life but we never got around to the big one. 9/11. It was in the cards. Sadly, Bob Knodel died soon afterwards. Voices are being squeezed from an entire generation. Gnosis passes with them.

In the aftermath, the FE community became fractured. People began going their separate ways. Robbie Davidson, among a noted few others who were interviewed for the project, got up and left the movement altogether. It is not my intent to erase his or the contributions of others if only brief. They came, they went, their testimonies remain.

The original vision may have hit roadblocks but it is not forgotten. I expanded this paper a few years later to include testimony from author Pauly Hart, a dear friend of mine. I had wanted to continue that trend every year thereafter but you know how it goes. For the 25th anniversary of the attack I have redirected my efforts to its first large scale expansion, including Andrew Hoy and Darrin Geisinger into the mix. Perhaps others will lend their experiences to the recorder in time.

The following is their report.

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