OK, Luki, trace for me the тαℓмυd, from inception till today.
The тαℓмυd is essentially the legalistic perversions and traditions that had been passed down 'orally' for centuries prior to it being put into written form circa 500 AD. The rabbis claim that many of these traditions were delivered to them from Moses, Solomon, Noah and even Adam. It does appear however that most of these oral traditions took their shape during the Babylonian exile. As well kabbalah has it's origins in babylonian, chaldean sorcery.
"When we come to the Babylonian Gemara, we are dealing with what most people understand when they speak or write of
the тαℓмυd. Its birthplace, Babylonia, was an autonomous Jєωιѕн centre for a longer period than any other land; namely, from soon after 586 before the Christian era to the year 1040 after the Christian era - 1626 years." (Rabbi Hertz, English Edition of the Babylonian тαℓмυd, the Soncino тαℓмυd (1935), p. XXI, Rabbi Hertz).
"The return from Babylon and the introduction of the Babylonian тαℓмυd mark the end of Hebrewism and the beginning of Judaism."( Rabbi Stephen F. Wise, former Chief Rabbi of the United States).