Notes: Sebastian is a name with Greek origins. The meaning of the name Sebastian is venerable. Alternate spellings include Sabastian and Sebastion. Common nicknames include Seb, Bas, Bash, and Subby. The popularity of the name increased with the telling of the Biblical story of Saint Sebastian.
The Talmud is the source from which the code of Jewish Halakhah (law) is derived. It is made up of the Mishnah and the Gemara. The Mishnah is the original written version of the oral law and the Gemara is the record of the rabbinic discussions following this writing down. It includes their differences of view. The Talmud can also be known by the name Shas.
The Zohar is mostly written in what has been described as an exalted, eccentric style of Aramaic. Aramaic, the day-to-day language of Israel in the Second Temple period (539 BCE â 70 CE), was the original language of large sections of the biblical books of Daniel and Ezra, and is the main language of the Talmud.2:3) â by means of this book of yours, which is the book of the Zohar, from the radiance (Zohar) of Ima Ila'ah (the Higher Mother, the higher of the two primary partzufim which develop from Binah) [which is] teshuvah; with those [who study this work], trial is not needed.