The Dog Jumps-הכלב קופץ » Ketubot http://www.tableman.com Ask yourself and keep on asking until you find the answer... Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:12:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Talmud Tidbit: Raasan http://www.tableman.com/talmud-tidbit-raasan/ http://www.tableman.com/talmud-tidbit-raasan/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:37:50 +0000 Nathan http://www.randulina.com/2007/11/29/talmud-tidbit-raasan 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 [...]]]> http://www.tableman.com/talmud-tidbit-raasan/feed/ 0 Talmud Tidbit: Lowly Nations http://www.tableman.com/talmud-tidbit-lowly-nations/ http://www.tableman.com/talmud-tidbit-lowly-nations/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:11:37 +0000 Nathan http://www.randulina.com/2007/11/09/talmud-tidbit-lowly-nations Rabban Yochanan Ben Zakki wept and said, “Fortunate are you, O Israel. When they do the will of the omnipresent, no nation or tongue can rule over them, but when they do not do the will of the omnipresent, he delivers them to the hands of a lowly nation. And not into the hands of [...]]]> http://www.tableman.com/talmud-tidbit-lowly-nations/feed/ 0