My favorite definition is this one:

Talmud: The basis for the Jewish Oral Law, a compilation of
legal opinions and debates. A: Why did he use the word “Compilation?”
Couldn’t he have just said, “The basis for the Oral Law made up of
legal opinions and debates?” Why did he use the word “Compile?” B: To
tell us that you should compile. A: Should we compile every day, or
only on Saturday, as it is written, “Something, something, Saturday?”
B: We should compile every day, as it is written, “Day.” C: We should
never compile; compiling is forbidden.

That's almost a prose poem, right there. I don't know how funny it would be to an outsider or to someone who's never tried to study Talmud, but it makes me laugh out loud.

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