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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When can one pray after semen emission?
I read in Talmud Bavli that one cannot pray a certain period after seminal emission. There is a discussion about how long that period is.
What's the accepted halacha on this issue? Does one who had a ...
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Which Divrei Minus are forbidden to read/hear today?
The Talmud in (Avodah Zara 16b–17a) brings that Rabbi Eliezer was upset that he had been accused by the Romans. His student, Rabbi Akiva suggested that perhaps he had heard a teaching of the minim and ...
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Did Amoraim in Bavel study or know of the Talmud Yerushalmi?
The Talmud Yerushalmi was completed while the Amoraim in Bavel were still debating and discussing halachos that would be recorded later on the Talmud Bavli. I'd like to know if we can know or assume ...
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Why is Joseph's pit mentioned amid all the Chanukah stuff in tractate Shabas?
In the middle of a lengthy discussion about Chanukah, the Bavli (the beginning of Shabas 22) sticks in this seemingly unrelated passage:
And R. Kahana said: R. Nasan b. Minyome exegeted in the name ...
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What's the longest "אמר ר׳ X אמר ר׳ Y" in the Talmud?
What's the longest "אמר ר׳ X אמר ר׳ Y" in the Talmud? For example Kiddushin 39:
ואינהו כמאן סברוה? כי הא דתניא:
רבי אלעזר בר׳ יוסי אומר משום
ר׳ יוסי בן דורמסקה שאמר משום
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The methodology of Mesores haShas
In Mesores haShas (printed in the margins of the Vilna Shas), is there any order to the sequence of quoted masekhtas? For example, on Sanhedrin 105b, a story is related that concerns the length of ...
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What kind of ‘rocking boat’ is Menachos 94 referring to?
The Gemara in
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רבי חנינא אמר כמין תיבה פרוצה ר' יוחנן אמר כמין ספינה רוקדת
Rabbi Ḥanina says: It was rectangular, with a wide base and two parallel walls with an open space between ...
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Online Depictions of the Colorful Second Temple
Are there any artistic depictions, available online, of the multicolored appearance of the Second Temple, based on archaeological finds (see, e.g., here), or, e.g., the depiction of the blue/green and ...
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What is the issue with Rabbi Tarfon's redeeming of first-borns in Bechoros 51?
Bechoros 51b:
וכך היה מנהגו של רבי טרפון שהיה נוטל ומחזיר וכששמעו חכמים בדבר אמרו קיים זה הלכה זו הלכה זו ותו לא אלא קיים זה אף הלכה זו
This was how Rabbi Tarfon [the Kohen] used to deal with his ...
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Is something missing from Menachot 63b?
In the classic Vilna printing of the Talmud, there is a significant amount of white space present underneath Menachot 63b.
Why is this the case? Is there something missing that used to be there in ...
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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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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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Stumbling Block contained in the Babylonian Talmud
There is an incident in the Avodah Zarah tractate concerning a blasphemous joke Rabbi Eliazer overheard and derived pleasure from. This sin, according to the Rabbi himself, resulted in his wife and ...
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Non-literal interpretation of the barrel of wine virginity test?
In Ketubos 10:, Rabban Gamliel seats a lady on a barrel of wine to test her virginity. If wine can be smelled on her breath she is not a virgin, and if not then she is; there is no odour from the lady'...
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When were the names of Mishna Tractates set?
When were the names of the 60 Tractates and 6 Sdarim set? (WIKI here).
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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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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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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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Who says the wicked are full of remorse? Help tracking down a supposed statement of Chazal
One section of the Tanya is called Likutei Amarim. Chapter 11 of this section contains the statement “Concerning such a person, the Rabbis of blessed memory have said, “The wicked are full of remorse.”...
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Giving up ones life על קידוש ה׳ not to transgress גילוי עריות
Are there any instances in Shas (Bavli or Yerushalmi) or even records of history where a group or even an individual gave up their life not to transgress גילוי עריות, Adultery?
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Do any of the differences between the various printings of Shas (Mishnah and Gemara) have halachic significance?
I recently watched a video by Rabbi David bar Hayim about the "18 minute matzah fallacy." While I don't think I know nearly enough to weigh into this debate in particular, he brings an odd proof. He ...
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The Gemara says (mesechet shabbat) that one can survive with a rivi'it of blood
The Gemara says (mesechet shabbat 31b) that one can survive with a rivi'it of blood. How is it possible when we know one can't even survive with a 40% blood loss?
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Quotation in the name of a student
The Bavli often says "אמר פלוני אמר פלוני" ("So-and-so said that So-and-so said…") or "אמר פלוני משמיה דפלוני" ("So-and-so said in the name of So-and-so…") or "כי אתא פלוני אמר פלוני" ("When So-and-so ...
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Yasis alayich, not yasos
The gemara in megillah 10b and Sanhedrin 39b make a diyuk from the word 'yasis', as opposed to 'yasos' in devarim 28,63 that Hashem makes our enemies happy when we sin but he himself is not happy.
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How did the Boethusians linked the morrow after the Shabat with the Shabat Chol HaMoed Pesach?
In Menachot 65a-66a (according to the Sefaria translation): The Boethusians say, Shavuot falls on a Sunday [because they hold that "the day after the Shabbat" refers to the Sunday after Shabbat Chol ...
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Why does the gemarah use Amalek as a mnemonic siman?
I don't know if there is any meaning that can/should be attached to the mnemonic signs in the gemarah. I usually assumed they are chosen based on being easy to remember. In Bava Batra 46b the gemarah ...
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Did Rav Yosef seriously instruct us to leave people in pits?
Avodah Zarah 26a-b
In a passage here, Rav Yosef instructs us to leave idolators and 'shepherds of small animals' in pits. Abaye constructs an excuse to fish them out. Abahu stands with leaving them ...
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Explain dispute about damaged rows on Bava Kamma 6b?
I was learning Bava Kamma 6b and am having trouble understanding the machlokes between R' Yismael and R' Akiva.
One problem I'm having is at the part of the sugya with Rav Idi bar Avin, he said that ...
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Yoma 45b Ner Tamid - How to light it?
I'm trying to figure out what the text of Yoma 45b is teaching it's reader.
There is this part (verse 6) about the 'perpetual fire' of the outer court of the mikdash as in Vayikra 6:6. And from this ...
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How to understand Rashi's sudden reminder of the Beis Din shel Matto
Rashi in Makkos 4b comments on the words עדים זוממין אין צריכין התראה (false witnesses do not need fore warning to receive punishment), as follows:
בכתובות אמרינן טעמא באלו נערות (דף לג.) נתרי בהו ...
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"Whose opinion is this mishna?": a question on Ketubot 49a
In Ketubot 49a, the mishna presents the opinion that a man is not legally obligated to support his daughters. The gemara then goes on to determine whose opinion this is: first it excludes Rabbis Meir, ...
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Is it mentioned in the Talmud that Moses time traveled into the distant future
Is it mentioned in the Talmud that Moses time traveled into the distant future?
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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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Question on Rashi Gittin 90a and 90b
The mishnah in Gittin daf צ amud א (last daf) lists different positions rabbis hold about when a man can/should divorce his wife. Beit Shammai seems to be the most restrictive and says only if the ...
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Why no manuscripts of Talmud survive in the Arab lands?
http://halakhah.com/talmud/nezikin_h.html:
...Munich manuscript which covers the whole Talmud and dates from the year 1334. Alas, that that is the only complete manuscript of the Talmud in ...
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Why do we still not mention Rebbi Meir's name?
According to the gemarah in Horiyot 13b-14a statements made by Rebbi Meir were dubbed 'acherim' and those of Rebbi Natan were changed to 'yeish omrim'. This was done as a punishment for an attempt ...
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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.
For instance, in ...
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Talmud Bavli chart
Does anyone have a chart of each Masechta in Shas with the number of dafim listed out? I would like to keep track of the dafim I still need to cover vs what I can mark off as learned. Thank you.
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What is the exact source of the "hadeq heteiv, heteiv hadeq" passage from Seder HaKorbanot in Shacharit?
Warning: extreme Talmud beginner here.
In the Koren siddur, in the readings on korbanot before Shacharit (pp. 46–47 in the Hebrew/English siddur), there is the following passage:
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The author of ‘commotion’
In the Talmud - Mas. Mo'ed Katan 16a, Pharaoh is called The author of ‘commotion’.
As it is written: They called there, Pharaoh the king of Egypt [the author of] ‘commotion’; he hath let the ...
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Why is a suka forbidden for other uses all the eighth day, but an esrog is permitted after use?
The Talmud Bavli, Suka 46 amud 2, cites a difference of opinion as to how long an esrog and a suka are muktzim l'mitzvosehem, set aside for their respective mitzvos and forbidden for use for other ...
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Maharatz Chiyus's List of Unobserved Laws
I believe the Maharatz Chiyus has a list of Talmudic laws that, at least in his day, had ceased to be observed in Ashkenazic communities, except perhaps by the most scrupulous (e.g. yoshon, eruv, ...
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Simanim in the Rosh
In the Rosh's work found at the back of most gemaras, his halachos are split up into simanim (sections). I am wondering whether we can make inferences from how the simanim are split up and hence want ...
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What is the sin of the pious man in Bava Kamma 80a?
In http://halakhah.com/babakamma/babakamma_80.html
Our Rabbis taught: There was once a certain pious person who
suffered with his heart, and the doctors on being consulted said that
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Scattering of Israel: Remedy or Punishment?
The Gemara (Pesachim 87b) states that Hashem performed a righteous deed with Israel in that he scattered them (pizron) among the nations.
Rashi explains that instead of being exiled to a single ...
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Individual Chosson Shas Volumes
Are there any stores or websites which happen to sell individual Chosson Shas volumes (i.e. Oz VeHadar, Vilna Chadash and the like)?
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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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Where can i see touch and feel before i order : Talmud bavli Oz Vehadar Safa Brura
I live in Jerusalem (Israel).
I am to buy a complet set of Talmud bavli Oz Vehadar Safa Brura.
But before i would like to see one for real.
Does any one knows where in Jerusalem i can see touch and ...
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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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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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