Definition of "pilpul" []

• Sophistry, hair-splitting, quibbling. (noun)

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• "The Hebrew word pilpul precisely sums up the verbal gymnastics of Bernie Farber, CEO of the Canadian Jewish Congress, on the Three Wishes issue."
• "They learned how to reason by using the logical system of rabbinical debate included in the Talmud’s pages, called in Yiddish pilpul."
• "But the Jewish tradition of pilpul can create an entire world of meaning out of a seemingly unnecessary repetition of facts; why should a capitalization choice be any different."