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Moses Was Wise

Nathan — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:24:18 +0000

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 from [...]

Talmud Tidbit: Raasan

Nathan — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:37:50 +0000

Another 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 and [...]

Yevamot. Done.

Nathan — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:52:50 +0000

Wow! 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: when [...]

iCal Daf Yomi

Nathan — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:29:33 +0000

From 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 cycle [...]

Proud Owner: New Shas

Nathan — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:27:46 +0000

What 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 am [...]