Questions tagged [talmud-bavli]
The Talmud is a commentary on the Mishna (the oral law) written in Babylonia containing discourses of Amoraim spanning the 3th-5th century
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Which masechtot don't really have Rashi?
I often hear that the printed "Rashi" commentary in certain masechtot of the Talmud Bavli (first that come to mind are Moed Katan and Nedarim) is not actually written by Rashi. Does anyone have a full ...
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Yerushalmi Versus Bavli in Halacha
The halacha we have today is mostly sourced in Talmud Bavli(the Babylonian Talmud),Medrash and Zohar. I would like to know what Halachot in which we rule according to the Yerushalmi (the Jerusalem ...
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Sh'kalim, Kinim, Midos in daf yomi
Why are Sh'kalim (Y'rushalmi) and Kinim and Midos (mishnayos) learned as part of the standard daf yomi cycle for Talmud Bavli?
And if the answer relies on some fact of publication, then (a) why ...
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Why do Yeshivos learn Talmud Bavli so extensively?
Most Yeshivos (from 5th Grade-End of High school) Learn Talmud Bavli.
My question is: Why? What is the point of learning Talmud Bavli so extensively?
I know that it is Hashem's Word, but there are ...
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Why is Talmud Bavli studied more than Yerushalmi?
I'm far from an expert on either Bavli or Yerushalmi. But, I'm curious as to why yeshivot (and, to an extent, even individual adults learning by themselves, chevruta or via shiurim) study Bavli far ...
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Talmud Yerushalmi Halachot
The halacha we have today is mostly sourced in Talmud Bavli(the Babylonian Talmud),Medrash and Zohar. I would like to know what Halachot which we have today which are sourced strictly in the ...
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Does Rashi's commentary on a quoted mishna reflect the true explanation?
Often the Bavli will quote a mishna from another maseches (tractate) or another part of the same maseches. Does Rashi's commentary on the Bavli's quotation of the mishna reflect his interpretation of ...
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To what extent is someone on the way to do a mitzvah protected from danger?
Pesachim 8A (link) says:
R. Elazar taught that harm will not befall a Shali'ach (someone on the way to do a) Mitzvah!
That is a short excerpt from a discussion about being protected when doing a ...
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Why Choose Talmud Bavli For The Daily Study
As we know it is a big custom to learn a daf of Talmud Bavli a day (Dafyomi).
My question is why did they choose to pick Talmud Bavli. There are so many other Subjects that could actually affect ...
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Why are we bound to rabbinic laws?
I know that one of the reasons given for our being limited by miderobonon laws is explained in Masechet Shevuot, 39a which says as follows (lifted from dafyomi.co.il)
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Who is "Mar" ("The Master") in the Bavli?
Throughout the Bavli, but (based on a Sefaria search) never in the Mishnah, the Tosefta, or the Yerushalmi, we find the phrase "amar Mar" (אמר מר) without any other identifier (in contrast ...
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So what happens to Judaism if Moshiach doesn't come by the year 6000?
Since it says in the Talmud that Moshiach has to come by the year 6000, so what happens to Judaism if Moshiach doesn't come by the year 6000.
The year 6000 view comes from the Babylonian Talmud, ...
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Returning Lost Property to a Gentile
Why is it forbidden to return lost property to a non-Jew?
Its been a while since I learnt the discussion about hashovas aveido (returning lost property) in Baba Metzia; but I just learnt Sanhedrin ...
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Who wrote the "Seder Vehilchos Korban pesach rishon beketzarah"
In Pesachim 57b (right before the 5th chapter) there is a page containing a summery of laws pertaining to the Korban Pesach.
Who wrote it?
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Is the Maharshal's list of differences between Talmud Bavli and Talmud Yerushalmi complete?
I found here a book written by the Maharshal citing where pasukim are found in the Yerushalmi. In the end of this book, he cites a number of differences in halacha between the Bavli and the Yerushalmi....
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Shamai HaZakein Buying for Shabbos All Week
The Gemara (Beitzah 16a) talks about Shamai HaZakein, who would buy meat every day, setting aside the current day's meat for Shabbos when superior to the previous day in quality, then he would eat the ...
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How to understand: All found on land is found also in the sea
It says in Chullin 127a that all found on land is found also in the sea, except a "chuldah". Is there is a larger list of such fish (other than the Gemara mentions)? Any insights would be ...
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Is there a Special Hadran for finishing the whole shas?
Is there a Special Hadran for finishing the whole shas? or do you just recite the Hadran for the masechta just completed?
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How did Talmudic rabbis know about others' personal matters
There are numerous places where the Talmud discusses some very personal facts about certain rabbis. For example, Baba Metziah 84a has a discussion about the size of rabbis' sex organ. How did the ...
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R' Yehoshua and the Athenian Elders: The floating house, the desert well, and the broken millstone
This is part of a series of questions on the Gemara in Bechoros 8b-9a. Below is a summary of the relevant parts of the Gemara. After being challenged by Caesar, R' Yehoshua went to Athens to defeat ...
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Why aren't Zeraim or Toharos included in the Bavli as Mishnayos?
Whatever the reason, there is no Gemara on most of Zeraim and Toharos. Why, though, were the mishnayos themselves not included in their entireties in the redacted Talmud Bavli?
It seems strange that ...
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The names of Gehinnom
Babylonian Talmud, ‘Erubin 19a'
Joshua b. Levi said: The Gehenna/Gehinnom has seven names; Sheol, Abaddon, Beer Shahat, Tit ha-Yawen, Sha’are Mawet, Sha’are Zalmawet, and Gehenna.
What exactly is ...
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Source of opinion that Talmud Yerushalmi was corrupted by Karaites
In the entry for Talmud Bavli/Yerushalmi in Chida's Shem Hagedolim Hashalem (c.1800, the older versions do not have this paragraph), he references a theory from maskilim of his time that the Rabbis ...
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One Gemara cites another -- evidence of the order in which Shas was compiled?
Gemara Tamid notes (on daf 27b) that a certain Braisa appears in Yoma, in Perek Ba Lo Kohen Gadol. This citation is correct; Artscroll notes (Tamid 27b3 #27) that more specifically the Braisa appears ...
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Is 'A father and son sleeping with a betrothed young woman on yom kippur' an expression?
Bava metza 83b:
Rabbi Elazar brebbi Shimon is afraid that he may have wrongfully caused someone to be hanged, but is reassured that the hanged and his son 'slept with a betrothed maiden on yom kippur'...
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How could Rebbi Zeira forcibly forget his learning?
In Bava Metzia 85a it says that
ר' זירא כי סליק לארעא דישראל יתיב מאה תעניתא דלשתכח גמרא בבלאה מיניה
Rebbi Zeira, when he left to the land of Israel, fasted 100 times to cause himself to forget ...
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Which are the "Yeshivish Masechtos"?
Generally speaking there seems to be a list of "Yeshivish Masechtos" (masechtos usually studied in Yeshivot) and specific Perakim which are learnt in Chareidi mainstream Yeshivot.
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Why does the Talmud use the term רחמנא?
When quoting verses, the Talmud often says something like אמר רחמנא - "the Merciful One said..."
What is the significance of this name? Why not use a name like הקדוש ברוך הוא - a name commonly found ...
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Which Amora is mentioned most often in the Gemara?
Which Amora is mentioned most often throughout Talmud Bavli?
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What happened to the rest of masechet Meilah -- it ends at 22a but the daf yomi calendar says it goes to 37?
This daf yomi calendar says that Meilah goes to 37, so I was surprised to discover that my digital copy of the Soncino edition of talmud ends it at 22a. This is also true of the copy at halakhah.com, ...
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Any known translations of the Talmudim et al into classical languages, prior to the 19th century?
Through the 19th and 20th centuries, the Bavli and Yerushalmi were fully or partially translated into English, French, German, Arabic and Italian.
Are there any extant translations of the Talmudim and/...
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Why does the gemarah start on daf bet?
Mesechtas in the Bavli shas start on daf bet instead of daf aleph, why is this so? As a child I was told it was to give you incentive to start ("Hey, I'm already on page 2!") but that now seems both ...
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What is the image on many volumes of Shas called?
Does anyone know the official name of the 4-poled structure in the middle of the image below (of a cover of a volume of the Talmud)? I'm pretty sure that this 'structure' has a name, but my intense ...
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Chapters of Tanach present in Talmud Bavli
I heard there is a style of Talmud study somewhere, where as a verse presents itself in the Talmud, the student would learn the entire chapter from תנ״ך.
With that, were one to complete the entire ...
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Why is the Rif's digest of tractate Niddah hidden in tractate Shevuos?
Rabbi Isaac Alfasi's summary of tractate Niddah is hidden in masechet Shevuot. Why is it buried in maseches Shevuos?
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Why is Shekalim in the Bavli?
I have a few different sets of Shas Bavli, and most of them contain Shekalim from the Yerushalmi. (The Steinsaltz version does not, for example, though the Oz v'Hadar version does). When did people ...
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Rashi on the Rif?
Is Rashi on the Rif the same as the one in the Gemara?
If it is, why is it put there?
If its not, then why did Rashi write a different pirush on the Rif, and does it have a different Derech then ...
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Zohar vs. Yerushalmi
M"B 25:42 makes it clear that we always follow Gemara over Zohar. And we similarly follow Bavli over Yerushalmi (as is clear from the Hirhurim article quoted in this related discussion).
However, do ...
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Why the different wording for the three proofs atop שבת דף מ ע״א?
The Bavli, Shabas 40 amud 1, cites a disagreement between Rav and Sh'muel. It then brings three proofs to Sh'muel's view. Each proof quotes what appears AFAICT to be a b'raysa, and each proof is ...
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What was the ultimate fate of Rabbi Elisha ben Abuyah (Acher)?
Unsong is a work of online serial fiction by Scott Alexander which is based heavily on Judaism. (I highly recommend it to Jews and Gentiles alike.) In this chapter of Unsong, the archangel Uriel ...
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What is the greatest number of pages (daf) you can go in the Babylonian Talmud without encountering Abayei or Rava?
What is the greatest number of pages (daf) you can go in the Babylonian Talmud without encountering Abayei or Rava? I've heard it was 3?
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How many Blatt in each perek of Shas?
I am working on a chart to split up shas among the members of my shul.
How many Blatt (double-sided pages) are in each chapter of Shas? If you have a spreadsheet with the pertinent information, that ...
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What is specific about the pre-ordination of these 3 things - spouses, houses, and fields?
Gemara Sotah 2a
אמר רב יהודה אמר רב ארבעים יום קודם יצירת הולד בת קול יוצאת ואומרת בת פלוני לפלוני בית פלוני לפלוני שדה פלוני לפלוני...
Rav Yehuda says that Rav says: Forty days before an embryo is ...
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Why is Eduyos in the Daf Yomi cycle?
There are several masechtos included in the printed versions of Talmud Bavli that, in fact, don't have any Bavli on them: Yerushalmi Shekalim, Mishnayos Eduyos, Mishnayos Kinnim, Mishnayos Tamid (for ...
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Does the Talmud say that Jesus writhes in excrement and Mary was a prostitute?
There is a widespread belief among many Christian denominations that Jesus and Mary are referred to in overly disrespectful, even scatological, language in the Talmud. Examples often given are that ...
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Why the Jerusalem Talmud is not mentioned in the Bavli?
The JT was compiled some 150-200 years before the Bavli (WIKI), so the most of the disputes in the Bavli took place when the JT was already finished.
The Rabbis (Tannayim and Amorayim) traveled all ...
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Mishnayot in the Bavli
In the Miqraot Gedolot, an index exists called Toldot uVeit Aharon. It lists "every" passage in the early rabbinic literature that references every individual passuk, and is extremely useful. Another, ...
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Which mishnah in Shas has the most daf between it and the subsequent mishnah? [closed]
Beginning from:
one מתני׳ => gemara => the next מתני׳
Does anyone know which mishnah has the most dafim between it and the subsequent mishnah?
My gut tells me Bava Basra due to its length (...
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Shortest amud or daf in Shas? [closed]
What is the shortest amud or daf in Shas? I vaguely remember seeing a daf that was only a couple lines of gemara or so (maybe in Pesachim?) but don't remember where it was.
Daf in this case, ...
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42 Levite Cities as Cities of Refuge
Bamidbar 35 discusses the cities that are to be given to the Leviem, and says that in addition to the 6 cities of refuge they are to be given 42 cities.
Numbers 35:6
וְאֵ֣ת הֶֽעָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר ...
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