Nedarim 38a lauds Moses for his unique abilities. Offering some questions about why the messiah was not mentioned in Moses’ time and if there is a messiah what else beyond what Moses achieved is necessary for one to be the messiah. Was it the same moment of doubt that kept G-d’s most faithful servant [...]
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 ✡ Nathan wrote this entry on Thursday, 29th of November 2007 at 12:37:50 AMAnother creepy disease from Talmudic times, from Ketubot 77b: What are its symptoms? His eyes tear, his nostrils run, he brings spittle from his mouth, and flies swarm around him. And what is its cure? Abaye said: Take the following ingredients: Pennyroyal [a kind of mint] and wormwood, the bark of a nut tree [...] ✡ Nathan wrote this entry on Thursday, 6th of September 2007 at 10:52:50 PMWow! Yevamot was 3 volumes and 122 pages, I am guessing about 850 total pages. The Daf Yomi cycle is both sides of the Hebrew each day; meaning this mesechet took 121 days to complete. Why they all start with 2, I don’t know. The entire tractate was devoted to the complexities of yibum: [...] ✡ Nathan wrote this entry on Monday, 19th of March 2007 at 06:29:33 PMFrom Wikipedia: Daf Yomi (Heb. דף יומי “page [of the] day” or “daily folio”) is a daily regimen undertaken to study the entire Talmud Bavli one daf (i.e. two actual pages), one day at a time, so that it can be completed in a cycle of seven and a half years. I started the [...] ✡ Nathan wrote this entry on Wednesday, 7th of March 2007 at 07:27:46 AMWhat is a Shas you ask? Well it is a Hebrew abbreviation of shishah sedarim, the “six orders” of the Mishnah. Still confused: I bought the 73 volumes on the Schottenstein Edition of The Talmud. It arrived in 6 boxes. Only one is open – the current daf yomi tractate – the others I [...] ✡ Nathan wrote this entry on Friday, 18th of August 2006 at 09:24:14 PMI have created an program that creates an iCal calendar for the Daf Yomi cycle – Talmud Bavli. It still needs some features added, but it is up and working. To subscribe go to iCal and add the URL http://www.freshmilk.com/icaldafyomi/ and set it to refresh daily. Features: 2 days in the past + 11 [...] |
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