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A Partly Aramaic Brayta
Happy Pesach! Let us leave off with something on the daf. The other day, Bava Metzia 53a, we encountered a partly Aramaic brayta. It read לָא סָלְקָא…
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The Not-So Kosher LeFesach Pierogi
This is not exactly a scribal error, but operates under the same conditions as one that would produce one. Look quickly at the picture of pierogi that I…
Apr 19
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The Torah Speaks in Human Language (recent article summary)
Recently, I wrote an article about Dibra Torah, that the Torah Speaks in Human Language. You can read it here: paid Substack, Jewish Link HTML…
Apr 18
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Chalifin and Chalifin Prime
Looking through recent sugyot, I got the sense that there were two forms of chalifin. The first is one that is commonly thought of as kinyan sudar, in…
Apr 17
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Se'or Loser (new full article)
In Bava Metzia 59a, Rav Yehuda recommends ensuring you have a ready supply of grain in your house, for discord is found only when grain is lacking. His…
Apr 16
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Correction: Rav Pappa Defense
I dislike how corrections are often buried in a separate section. I made a mistake in yesterday’s post, forgetting about a Rav Pappa statement at the…
Apr 15
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In Defense of Rav Pappa
In today’s daf (Bava Metzia 46a), and yesterday’s, Rav Pappa said that even according to the one (either Rav or Levi) who says that a coin cannot act as…
Apr 14
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Rabbi Yitzchak of Migdal (article summary)
Praying for the safety of everyone in Eretz Yisrael. May this post be in their merit. Here is a summary of an article from a few weeks back in the…
Apr 14
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Rabbi Abba bar Pappa Is Not the Son of Famous Rav Pappa
This came up the other day in Daf Yomi, Bava Metzia 43b. Rabbi Abba bar Pappa is traveling to Israel and is asked to inquire something. אֲמַר לֵיהּ…
Apr 12
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Rabbi Yochanan Argues With A Tanna?
(1) At the turn from Bava Metzia 41a to 41b: וּמִדְּרַב סָבַר שְׁלִיחוּת יָד צְרִיכָה חֶסְרוֹן. לֵוִי סָבַר שְׁלִיחוּת יָד אֵינָהּ צְרִיכָה. חֶסְרוֹן…
Apr 11
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No to Some Spontaneous Generation
Chazal did seem to believe in some level of spontaneous generation of some creatures, e.g. the earth mouse, perhaps certain water creatures arising in…
Apr 10
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It Isn't Mari bar Isak
First, a quick link, to my Pesach column from last year: On to the daf yomi post. If I recall correctly, to “cousin” is an archaic verb meaning to claim…
Apr 9
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