Questions tagged [talmud-gemara]
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How much does a ma'ah cost in £/$ in today's world?
To work out the exchange rate between the mishnayos/gemoroh money and nowadays to make the numbers more realistic.
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Parable of the cedar and the reed
In masechet Taanit 20:1: the Gemara cites a parable about the cedar tree and the reed that when a southerly wind comes, it uproots the cedar, while the flexible reed will withstand this wind.
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Origins of the diagrams in Rashi, Rashbam or Tosefos
In Bava Basra 62 there are some diagrams/illustrations in the commentaries Rashbam and Tosefos, related to the topic of borders of fields, as well as in many other places in the Talmud.
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Sources for Raba bar bar Hana legends explanations
Are there any sources and books that explains Raba bar bar Hana legends in Kabbalistic and Pshat perspective?
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How does the Talmud account for Moshe being instructed to make the luchos before the wooden aron but reversing them?
The Talmud understands that Moshe was instructed regarding the Mishkan prior to the Aron etc but for some reason (Ritva theorizes that it was a test) flipped them when instructing Bezalel with Bezalel ...
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Did the English Koren-Steinsaltz Utilize an Erroneous Translation for Meilah 7b?
The Talmud in Meilah 7b records a back and forth between R Yochanan and Reish Lakish regarding a position of R Akiva. R Yochanan finally gets the best of Reish Lakish and states (per Sefaria Meilah
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How did talmidei chachamim do teshuva overnight [duplicate]
I heard the Gemara that says that if you see a Talmid chacham sin at night, you can assume that by morning he did teshuva
But an teshuva really be done overnight? Doesn’t it take time to do (for ...
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Did Avraham derive and keep the oral and written torah some how on his own before the yeshiva of Noach or only after?
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Hi in this text from sefaria it says that Avrahma even observed the mitzva of eruv tavshilin and even the whole Oral Torah...
the Gemara cites that Rav said: Abraham our Patriarch fulfilled the ...
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Why does the Gemara say that Rabbi Zekharya's excessive humility caused the exile?
Gittin 55b states
Rabbi Yoḥanan says: The excessive humility of Rabbi Zekharya ben
Avkolas destroyed our Temple, burned our Sanctuary, and exiled us from
our land.
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Is the quotation “The true shekinah is man” from the Talmud?
One of the quotes on the wall of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. is, “The true shekinah is man.” I was curious about the origin of that quote, but when I googled it, I found that it was ...
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What does it mean col Minei gehinom sholtim bo
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Hi, in Igerret HaRamban the Ramban quotes Razal (Nedarim 22a) and says:
כל הכועס כל מיני גיהנם שולטין בו
Anyone who gets angry, all kinds of Gehenna rule over him
What does this mean? Isn’t ...
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Joint Bavli and Yerushalmi Gemara edition
Is there a Talmud book that has both of the Yerushalmi and Bavli side by side commenting on any given Mishnah? I think this would greatly elucidate the meaning of a Mishnah, which, afterall, is the ...
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What three things will be called by the name of The Holy One, Blessed Be He in the future era?
I remember learning this in a gemera in Sanhedrin. Is that right? What page can I find this on? Thanks
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What do I do when I run into a gemara that is contrary to common sense
What do I do when an answer in the Gemara seems so illogical or contrary to common sense, even after reading all the commentaries? Do I just ignore my own logic? Just saying it may make sense in the ...
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Losing one's olam haba for embarrassing a non-Jew
The Gemara B”M 59a says one who embarrasses his friend loses his share in the world to come.
My question is, regardless if it’s an issur of embarrassing a non-Jew, if one does though, would he lose ...
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When Hashem wishes to punish someone He takes away their bitachon
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Hi, I read in Shaar Bitachon page 4 in the White version with Chassidic notes, in the commentary, that the Baal Shem Tov said that a person must pray that his trust be strengthened, because when ...
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Sefer of Talmudic Laws that were omitted by the Rambam and Shulchan Aruch
Not to be confused with the following question, which deals with the obligation to follow laws that are mentioned in the Talmud but are not mentioned in the [Rambam and] Shulchan Aruch.
If a law is in ...
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Looking for source re: David HaMelech and Circus/Theater
I'm looking for a source about David HaMelech using the 'excuse' of going to the circus/theater as a rebuff to his yetzer hara querying him why he rises at midnight.
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Whom did Rashi call "oker harim"
In Bava Kamma 109b Rashi (s.v. lamed-alef, in the middle of the page) brings an alternative explanation in the name of "oker harim." Do we have any clue who he meant by that? Artscroll does ...
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Where is there a source where shomer negia extends to non-Jews as well
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Hi I saw an article that Shomer Negia comes from "None of you shall come near anyone of his own flesh to uncover nakedness: I am the Lord” (18:6), and “Do not come near a woman during her ...
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Does anyone know where i can find a gemara menukad that isnt 13” i would like something more condensed like a 6 volume 10” with the vowels
I've been searching all over for a gemara set with the vowels in a small size. All I see are the 13” ones over many volumes.
Does any one know of 6-volume fully vowelized set? Or would that have to be ...
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Hordus' (Herod) demolishing of the Bais Hamikdash prior to rebuilding it
In Bava Batra 3b
אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא: לֹא לִיסְתּוֹר אִינִישׁ בֵּי כְנִישְׁתָּא, עַד דְּבָנֵי בֵּי כְנִישְׁתָּא אַחֲרִיתִי
§ Rav Ḥisda says: A person may not demolish a synagogue until he first builds ...
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Source of a shita for when giving Tochacha (הוכח תוכיח) is likely to go unheeded
In a handwritten drasha written in 1904 by a relative, it refers to a peirush that offers a resolution for when the mitzva of הוכח תוכיח is conflicted with the need to avoid saying a דבר שאינו נשמע (a ...
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Responsibility for Shabbos expenses
There is a Gemara in :ביצה ט"ו which says that expenses for Shabbos are unlike all other expenses in that they are not included in the debits from one's net profit which were predetermined on ...
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How did anyone study the Talmud before Rashi?
Supposedly, the knowledge was transmitted from teacher to student in each generation and so Rashi learned it all from his teacher and wrote it all down.
Was it common for people to be familiar with ...
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Two crowns, one corresponding to na'aseh, one to nishmah?
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It says in the Gemara (Shabbat 88a) that when the people of Yisroel said "we will do" (na'aseh) before "we will listen" (nishmah), 600,000 angels came and tied two crowns ...
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What defines a room that crossing it would require you to make a new Bracha
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I was told correct me if I’m wrong according to Lubavitch minhag
every time you cross from one room to the next and you return to the room you were in before, if you had food there that you ...
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What is the disagreement between Rebbi Shimon and Rebbi Yehudah regarding muktzah on shabbos vs yomtov?
What is the disagreement between Rebbi Shimon and Rebbi Yehudah regarding Muktzah on Shabbos versus Yom Tov? Additionally, where in the Gemara can I find this?
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Remaining single in Judaism [duplicate]
Everywhere around me I keep seeing couples getting divorced and separated. I keep hearing tales from work/university colleagues and family members having marital problems which often have led to ...
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Private prayer in Aramaic language
The Gemara in Sota, quoted below, states that an individual prayer may not be said in Aramaic, but a collective prayer can be said in Aramaic.
Sota 33a.
THE 'PRAYER'. [It may be recited in any ...
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What is the source for "in the place where baalei teshuva stands, complete tzadikim are not ABLE to stand"?
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The Rambam in hilchos teshuva 7:4 says:
אָמְרוּ חֲכָמִים מָקוֹם שֶׁבַּעֲלֵי תְּשׁוּבָה עוֹמְדִין אֵין
צַדִּיקִים גְּמוּרִין יְכוֹלִין לַעֲמֹד בּוֹ. כְּלוֹמַר מַעֲלָתָן
גְּדוֹלָה מִמַּעֲלַת ...
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When did daf yomi start in practice?
Aruch Hashulchan YD 246:17 writes
וט"ז סעיף קטן א שכתב בשם הדרישה: הבעלי בתים שלומדים רק איזה שעות ביום
טוב, יותר שילמדו ספרי פוסקים ולא גמרא, עיין שם.
ובוודאי שעל כל איש לידע דיני "אורח ...
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Gemara tractates for Halacha lemaaseh
Which Talmud tractates are most useful for studying practical Halacha lemaaseh? By this I mean, halachot which are practical to practice nowadays (kashrus, Shabbos, niddah, marriage, yom tov etc)
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Pronunciation of Vav in Talmud Bavli
Did certain traits of the Babylonian Masoretic pronunciation, also apply to the aramaic of the Talmud Bavli?
For example, in Tanakh, according to the most common tradition, dating from the Tiberian ...
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Definition of ervah
"ערוה" is the Torah's usual word for a forbidden relationship.
I remember seeing a Rishon, maybe a Tosefos, who says that the fact that kiddushin is impossible, that a permanent relationship ...
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Is there a concept of sexual transmutation in Torah?
Hi in some of the certain secular books I have seen before taking Torah more seriously for example in Think and Grow Rich it says that a person can transmute (transform) the energy of his Zera to ...
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Do you force a people to build a wall with Material made in Modern Times?
In the first Mishna of Bava Basra, it says Makom she Nahagu Livnot Gvil Gazit Cafisin Levinin ... Bonin Ha Kol Ke Minhag Hamedina. A place where it's customary to build Gvil Gazit Cafisin Levinin we ...
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Every Forbidden thing has a corresponding opposite
what is the source that every forbidden thing has a corresponding opposite good in the Torah?
For example, I heard correct me if I'm wrong there is a certain kosher fish that tastes like bacon ...
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What is Palifit mean in the Rabeinu Gershom on Baba Basrah 2a?
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What does it mean Palifit it this Rabeinu Gershom in Daf B amud Alef in Bava Basra?
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ואספת דגנך - blessing or curse?
In the Gemara (Brachot 35b) Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai famously says that the phrase "ואספת דגנך" from the Kriat Shma is describing a fallen state, when Am Israel is not being holy enough:
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How to calculate what time is Alot Hashachar without Zmanim Apps
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How to calculate what time is Alot Hashachar without going online? How would you percicly be able to measure Alot Hashachar and how many different opinions are there for Alot Hashachar time?
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Is it true there was a sage on his death bed and said I wish I used up all my money?
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Is it true that there was a sage on his death bed who said I wish I used up all my money?
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Is there any source that says a person should have kaf zechut to anothers shechita
I know a person who is machmir on not eating meat from others he said only if he does the shechita himself he will trust to eat it. Is there any law that mandates others to trust in others people ...
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Is there source that a person must not have any entangled hairs in his beard when immersing in the mikvah
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Is it true there is a law that says when a person enters a mikvah he must make sure that none of his hairs from his beard are tangled with one another or have any knots on the single strands? If ...
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What is the source from the Gemara that you should kill a roidef before he comes to try to kill you [closed]
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I heard if a roidef is coming to try to kill you you should kill him first.
Where does it talk about this first in the Gemara and Halacha?
How does Halacha define a roidef?
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Where in his works does Maimonides address how to understand אלו ואלו דברי אלקים חיים and the nature of makhloket more broadly (besides intro to PhM)?
Given what Maimonides says in his introduction to his Commentary on the Mishnah (Perush ha-Mishnayot) it seems like he is not a pluralist when it comes to truth in a makhloket (halakhic debate). He ...
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Who where these commentaries of the book chovot Halevavot?
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Who where these comentaries Pat Lechem, Marpe La Nefesh, and Tov Halevanon? And is Tov Halevanon the same as Lev Tov on Chovot Halevavot?
Also heard there is also Nedar Bakodesh on Chavot Halevavot ...
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Who were the people who would make hachlatas in their hearts and be careful to keep them
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Our teacher told us once that there were certain people from the Gemara correct me If I’m wrong that if they made a hachlata (decision) in their minds to do something they would do it. Would this ...
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Kovetz Mefarshim by daf
Has anyone ever put out mefarshim on gemara by daf rather than mefaresh? Or try to collect primary rishonim/achronim discussed in yeshivot per daf and reprint them together?
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Will the real Shas Kattan please stand up
There is an old tradition commonly referenced in the yeshiva community that Masekhet Ketubot is the "Shas Kattan" of Talmud Bavli, that is, it contains ideas that connect to just about every ...
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