Is it true that the holiest books of judaism like torah and talmud preach...

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...cheating and killing of now-jews? No other religious book in the world talks anything apart from being righteous, i think even the Koran does not preach anything about cheating or killing. all religious books, Bible, Koran, Bhagvad Gita etc preach goodness and righteousness even though every religious book is basically human written literature that leads people to righteousness. Then why the hell does the torah and talmud have to pretend as if God wrote it, and that false claim is besides the point though, how can the book preach that it is okay to steal from now-jews, does it really call names to non-jew women?
 
Yes, it is true if you have actually read the Torah and Talmud.
 
Let's start with Torah. You can read that for yourself as it's the first five books of the Christian bible, easily available in English anywhere, including online. You'll not find any preaching about cheating and stealing and calling names.

The Talmud is a massive, massive work, containing whole conversations across centuries. I'm not a Talmud scholar, but I can promise you that it doesn't promulgate stealing, cheating, lying, calling names or any of those things. We don't regard non-Jews as inferior or to be treated badly. Rather on the contrary, we insist on respect to everyone.

What some of the ludicrous claims you'll find online refer to (when they're not just completely made-up "quotations") is when something has been raised as an idea in order for it to be knocked down by whatever sage. So people who want to discredit Jews then quote the bit that was to be knocked down and claim that "because it's in the Talmud, that shows you what Jews are really like"!!!
 
answer: because someone hasn't read the Talmud at all and haven't a clue what they're talking about.

The Talmud isn't considered sacred nor is it the most important book in Judaism. Nothing trumps the Torah.

It does not teach one can cheat or kill a non-Jew. It does not call non-Jewish women insulting names.

The Talmud is the study, discussion and debate about the Torah - the Torah which came from G-d. No one claims the Talmud was divinely inspired or written by G-d.

Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat 359:1
It is forbidden to rob or to cheat even a minor amount from either a Jew or a gentile.

R. Shlomo Gantzfried, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch (Abridged Code of Jewish Law), 182:1
It is forbidden to rob or to steal even a minor amount from either a Jew or a gentile.

Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Gezeilah 1:2
And it is biblically forbidden to steal even a minor amount; even a gentile - it is forbidden to steal from him or to cheat him. And if you stole from him or cheated him you must return the stolen money or object.
 
Such things are found on anti semitic hate sites and have nothing to do with the Torah and Talmud.
 
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