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We Don't Interpret First Instances (full article)
Vayeishev. Rashbam Reinterpreted rather than Censored via Editorial Comment
Scribal Error Podcast Episode 2: Ulla and Rabba / Rava
Motivating a Chasurei Mechasra?
What about "Now"? But When is Now?
Deed as Reigns of the Land. And other thoughts
Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak, Name-Giver? (full article)
Vayishlach: The Censored Seforno, and the Dating of the Torah
Shita vs. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel Winning
Vayeitzei: The Censored Radak - Customary Celebratory Week, and Romantic Kisses
Plain Rav Nachman (full article)
Missing Physical Masorah → Dispute
First and Second Talmudic Rescension
Why Maskil LeDavid is So Difficult
Babylonia vs. Nehardea (full article)
Toledot: The Censored Radak - You're Rubber, I'm Glue
On the Parasha: Toledot - Was Achuzat a Person or a Group?
Would Rava judge cases in Abaye's presence?
Suran and Pumbeditan Academies
ChatGPT and the Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect (full article)
Deathbed Gift - Biblical Interpretation, or Mere Support?
The Biblical Basis for a Deathbed Gift
When Did Ravin the Elder Live?
"And We Discussed It" (full article)
I Maligned / Misled ChatGPT about Rav Tachlifa bar Rav Chisda
Should we truly emend from "Gemara"?
The Hidden Derasha of Hot and Cold
Can ChatGPT figure out Rav Chisda's Children?
On the (Recent) Parasha: Denise, and Hebrew as the Original Language
We Don't Pasken from the Gemara (full article)
"Mishum" as Inserted Commentary
Is Rav Yitzchak bar Yosef Reliable?
A Hidden Derasha Regarding Yonatan ben Uziel?
Rav Huna's Intellectual Thefts
Would Rav Chisda Quote Shmuel to Rav Nachman?!
Again, Reshut means Authority!
Rebellion Child of Undetermined Gender
Generations of Scholars in Disagreement
Rav Chisda Shouldn't Cite Rabbi Yochanan
Rami bar Chama, the Query Master (full article)
(Deliberate?) Confusion in the Ten Martyrs
Should we rule like Ben Nanas?
From the Parshablog Archives: Yonah's Rebellion and Yonah as Metaphor
"Like This" with Missing / Erroneous Diagrams
Rabbi Yirmeya and Scattered Stones and Fruit (full article)
Like Rav in Beer, Like Shmuel in Wine (full article)
Further Thoughts on Amalthea's Horn
Parshablog Repost: Amtelai bas Karnevo
Rav Pappa and the Papunians (full article)
Did Rav Pappa Justify His Own Suggestion?
Again, Rav Aḥa, son of Rav Avya and the Stamma
Ethical Alignment and the Paschal Lamb
Rabbi Yirmeya’s Open Questions (full article)
Back to the Expected Daf Shape
X only means Y (article summary)
The Hidden Derasha from Mishlei
Yehuda ben Nekosa and the P-R-SH Root
On the Parasha: Tzedek Tzedek Tirdof
X Only Means Y (article preview)
Aligning with a (Tannaitic?) Dispute
Rav Acha bar Rav Avya, a Redactor
Rav Yirmeyah bar Abba I (article summary)
Rabba bar Rav Huna the Little / Short
The Eponymous Rabbi Abba bar Memel
If he wrote Umka veRuma (or rather, whatever is appropriate to accomplish it)
Rav Yirmeyah bar Abba I (article preview)
Rav Yehudai Gaon in Bava Batra
Doesn't Rav Yosef Live in Bavel?
Musings on the three-fold chain / cord
Rabbi Marianus and the Ambiguous Antecedent
Rav Sheravya in Kiddushin of Bei Levi
Ukvan bar Nechemiah the Exilarch (article preview)
Rav Nachman calling Rav Huna "Mar"?
Isha / Usha; Eishet / Sheishet
Handing Him Over to the Government
Rava announced, or Rav Pappa announced
Was Ravin b. Shmuel the son of Shmuel?
Who Really Killed Rav Adda bar Abba?
Which Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel?
Distancing 0.21875 Giraffes in Babylonia
Scribal Error on Parashat Chukat
Revelatory Action, for Rabbi Yossi
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Lashes on General Prohibitions
Rav Yosef as Abaye's Anonymous Master
Rabba as Abaye's Anonymous Master
"The Goat Shall Bear Upon Itself"
Rava / Rav Ashi / Rabbi Abba Contractions
Rav Hamnuna vs. Rabba in Baalav Imo
The Mishnah Unit of Four Watchmen
Rabbi Chanina and Bameh Madlikin
Ephraim Miksha'a, Rabbi Meir's Student (full article)
I Disappoint, by Skipping E Plebnista
Was Nehar Pekod a River or a Place?
Against Saying Eizehu Mekoman (full article)
Ruling like Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel II (full article)
Is Ravina Too Humble to be a Torah Scholar?
Rava and Rabbi Oshaya in Gan Eden
Oven of Achnai and the Talmudum Pauperum
Rav Yosef bar Chama Speaks to His Son; also, Homiletics and Genre
The Not-So Kosher LeFesach Pierogi
The Torah Speaks in Human Language (recent article summary)
Se'or Loser (new full article)
Rabbi Yitzchak of Migdal (article summary)
Rabbi Abba bar Pappa Is Not the Son of Famous Rav Pappa
Rabbi Yochanan Argues With A Tanna?
No to Some Spontaneous Generation
Rav Nachman Speaks for Himself
Criticizing the Pumbeditan Approach
Selling Your Chametz (full article)
Rava -> Rabba, or Rava -> Rav Yosef
Mar Kashisha b. Rav Chisda (article summary)
Once the Temple was Destroyed ... May it be Speedily Rebuilt!
Rav Yosef's Coin (full article)
Is Rav Ashi batrai vis-à-vis Mar Zutra?
Who is Debating the Biblical Status of Simanim?
The Torah Speaks in Human Language (article preview)
How Does Abaye Win in Yei'ush?
Lectio brevior potior in Bava Metzia
Rav Amram's Objection: Learning from Mammon
Consistency in Rav Nachman, Rav Chisda, and Rabbi Yochanan (article summary)
Rav Yehudai Gaon on Bava Metzia 19
Rabbi Yitzchak of Migdal (article preview)
Two Yosef ben Shimons (article summary)
Rava / Rabba in Order, on Bava Metzia 14-15
Rami bar Chama, Agent of the Academy
Rav Yehudai Gaon's Interjections in Bava Metzia
Mar Kashisha b. Rav Huna (article preview)
Consistency in Rav Nachman, Rav Chisda, and Rabbi Yochanan (article preview)
Rav Huna and Rav Must Agree (article summary)
Transcript Brachot Perek 1, Shiur 12
An Actual "Lishna Acharina" and its Dating
Rabba Zutei the Redactor (article summary)
Rav Pappa bar Shmuel (article summary)
Better to Have Loved a Short Girl (full article)
Rav Huna and Rav Must Agree (article preview)
Taught in Rebbe's Days (article summary)
Rava vs. Rava - Visible Change is Material
Rabba Zutei the Redactor (article preview)
Danko and Issar aren't Moneychangers
Rav Pappa bar Shmuel (article preview)
Rav Pappa's Ten Sons (article summary)
Taught in / from Rebbe's Days (article preview)
Reshut for Doctors to Heal (full article)
Confusing Rava and Rav Pappa (article summary)
Transposition Errors and Moveable Type
Rav Yirmeya miDifti (article summary)
Chova, Wife of Rav Huna (full article)
Rabbi Eleazar ben Pedat Reacts
Rav Pappa's Ten Sons (article preview)
Rav Yirmeya of Difti, Student of Rav Pappi (full article)
Rav Chisda cites Rabbi Yonatan
Confusing Rava and Rav Pappa (full article)
The Correct Pronunciation of Moishe's Name
Chizkiya and the Ship of Theseus (article summary)
Rabbi Shimon ben Yehuda shouldn't cite Rabbi Shimon ben Menasya