Archive - Scribal Error

The Wordplay of Tovim Dadecha Miyayin

For a while now, my Talmud website, Mivami, has been down, but at a user’s request, I spent a little bit of time and updated the code so that it is up…

Jul 18 •

Hadrianic Amphorae (full article)

Here is my Jewish Link article for this week:

Jul 17 •

Rava on Building an Knowledge Base

Apologies for the slow posting this week.

Jul 15 •

Dama ben Netina's Profit

This is my Jewish Link article for the week.

Jul 11 •

The Bruriah Incident

Continuing on Avodah Zarah 18. Rabbi Eitam Henken hy”d, wrote an article many years back about the Bruriah incident.

Jul 10 •

The pun of portion / lot; historical background about circuses

I gave the daf on Avodah Zarah 18.

Jul 9 •

Rav Achai Gaon about a Jewish cattle middleman

On Avodah Zarah 15a, after some lengthy anonymous analysis, a sugya ends as follows:

Jul 8 •

Ulla kisses their hands

The other day, Avodah Zarah 17a, we heard about Ulla’s practice:

Jul 7 •

Rav Achai Gaon (full article)

This is an old article I wrote for the Jewish Link regarding Rav Achai Gaon and Ketubot 2b.

Jul 6 •

Rav Chanan bar Rava / bar Rav Chisda

We recently came across a gemara in Avoda Zara where knowledge of Amoraic biography was necessary, or certainly helpful.

Jul 4 •

Rav Zevid II's variant, and Hai Gaon's analysis

In yesterday’s daf, Rav Zevid appeared in strange fashion:

Jul 3 •

Zevida the Ben Torah (full article)

Here is my Jewish Link article for this coming Shabbat.

Jul 2 •

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