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Rav Adda bar Abba's Death
Recently, we encountered the tale of Rav Adda bar Ahava’s premature death, where various Pumbeditan Amoraim felt guilty, because of an interaction for…
Jul 24
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Distancing 0.21875 Giraffes in Babylonia
full article, Bava Batra 26a
Jul 21
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Scribal Error on Balak
(1) If you are going to read anything on the parsha, it should be this post about Bilaam’s true nature. Read that, then if you want, read on.
Jul 18
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Joshua Waxman
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(Rabbi) Yeshoshua ben Gamla
(1) In today’s daf (Bava Batra 21), we hear of Yehoshua ben Gamla, who set up an educational system for children. דְּאָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר רַב…
Jul 16
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Rava Dozes (full article)
Bava Batra 16-17
Jul 15
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Scribal Error on Parashat Chukat
As a nice change of pace, here are a few parsha related thoughts.
Jul 11
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Safrut and the Daf
(1) In today’s and yesterday’s daf, we’ve been discussing laws of writing a Sefer Torah and other sefarim. For instance, Bava Batra 14a:
Jul 9
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Rabbi Yossi Reacts?
A short idea for today. In today’s daf, Bava Batra 12a, regarding dividing an orchard. אָמַר אֲבוּהּ דִּשְׁמוּאֵל: בַּת שְׁלֹשֶׁת קַבִּין. As for an…
Jul 7
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Sight Damage
The following is the full article from my Jewish Link column, also available on their website.
Jul 4
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Talmud vs. Gemara
(1) In today’s daf, there is a bit of censorship you may have missed. The Steinsaltz gemara has it correct. Bava Batra 8a:
Jul 3
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Revelatory Action, for Rabbi Yossi
This past Shabbos, Bava Batra 4b, there was this Mishnah: מַתְנִי׳ הַמַּקִּיף אֶת חֲבֵירוֹ מִשָּׁלֹשׁ רוּחוֹתָיו, וְגָדַר אֶת הָרִאשׁוֹנָה וְאֶת…
Jul 1
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Joshua Waxman
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June 2024
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
We start Bava Batra! My Jewish Link article appears below, in full: Bava Batra begins with a discussion of whether hezek re’iya, damage caused by sight…
Jun 30
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