The most famous sorcery done by a rabbi in rabbinic literature is that by Rabbi Eliezer, the late first century rabbi. Not only does rabbinic literature portray him as being the most knowledgeable about sorcery, but even engaging in some!...
Having looked at previous orders of the Tosefta to see which amongst the sages have their statements contested by The Sages (for instance, see here), it’s time to look at the final order in the Tosefta and here is the...
With today being the ninth day of the month of Av (Tisha b’Av), I wanted to explore a facet of the day, which is not asking about how someone else is doing. This is found in the Tosefta1: ואין שאילת...
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