The Saul Lieberman Institute of Talmudic Research announced today that they have compiled full word-for-word comparisons of the textual witnesses on entire chapters of the Babylonian Talmud! These synopses are compiled and presented as an Excel spreadsheet, each file encompassing one full...
Thank God we are not stuck with simply printed editions of the Talmud and that we have manuscripts, as well, otherwise, we would be missing a statement of Rabbi Akiva‘s. Found on bArakhin 16b, there is a beraita about the...
At the bottom of page 4b and continuing on to the top of page 5a in the Babylonian Talmud, tractate Berakhot, we have the following: אמר רב נחמן אם תלמיד חכם הוא אין צריך Rav Nahman said: “If one is...
With yet another post as part of my many niddah posts, this post is actually somewhat of a throwback. Nearly eight years ago, I posted concerning a Talmudic excerpt about 3rd-4th century rabbis permitting menstruant women to immerse in a mikveh...
One of the most fascinating Talmudic texts concerning menstruation is that of Rabbi Meir’s statement, recorded on bNiddah 31b. However, something I noticed (years ago, but I’m just getting around to writing about it now, although I have referenced this...
