Questions tagged [talmud-gemara]
The Talmud is a central text of Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, metaphorical stories customs, and history.
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Does Hashem have authority over the decisions of the Rabbis?
Shalom Rabbi,
I am seeking assistance with a question that arose during my Torah study.
In this Gemara, a Torah scholar named Aher spoke to a child with a stutter. The man Aher thought the child ...
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Did Solomon worship pagan idols?
1 Kings 11:5-7 indicate that Solomon sought after the pagan gods. The Gemara states that these verses don't mean that Solomon himself worshipped idols, but rather that his wives did.
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How do poskim in shulchan aruch disagree about the existence of a rabbinical decree?
There are times when Chazal says something and the meaning is debated and there are other times when whether an entire category even exists. How is this so? To give specific examples of what I'm ...
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Are there any compliations of ancient/medieval Jewish comments on Scripture?
Is there any book or website where I can look up ancient/medieval Jewish teaching on any given verse in the Tanach to see what the Talmud, Midrash, Rashi, etc. says about the verse? Something akin to ...
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The word chaveir חבר
According to Jastrow, the word chaveir refers, sometimes to "associate, friend, partner (in sacrifices); colleague, fellow-student; fellow-being; of the same kind(also of things)" (via ...
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Meaning of voting on Halacha in a random gathering
I previously associated "Halachic voting" with an authoritative and representative assembly of rabbis, until I stumbled over the following passage:
"דְּתַנְיָא: מַעֲשֶׂה בְּרַבִּי ...
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Is there a connection between "מקום מים רעים" and "מקום מים יפים"?
In Avot D'Rabbi Nathan 14:6 it says:
"כשיצאו מלפניו הוא אמר אלך לדמסית למקום יפה ומים יפים ונאים והם אמרו נלך ליבנה למקום שתלמידי חכמים מרובים אוהבים את התורה הוא שהלך לדמסית למקום יפה ומים יפים ...
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Is there a website that has a quiz on the entire mesechta? I'm trying to find one so I can quiz myself on the complete Gemara
I need to find a quiz that tests you on an entire mesechta of Gemara.
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Why is there no differentiation between drashos and asmachtos in shaas?
Similar to this quesion, I have been bothered for a while now with the following question: How is it that the Talmud was written with no indication at all between drashos gemuros and asmachtos?
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Source for a rabbi warning his student/son?
I distinctly remember a passage in the Talmud that went something like this: A Rav advises his student (or son) that he should ensure that he uses the correct Torah scroll or chumash when praying/...
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What is "going" in terms of head covering?
related: Kippa in Torah?
The talmud in Kiddush 31a relates that
רב הונא בריה דרב יהושע לא מסגי ארבע אמות בגילוי הראש
"Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua, would not walk four cubits with an uncovered ...
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Is there a Braita like Rabbi Pinchas Ben Yair but for intellectual virtue?
The braita of Rabbi Pinchas Ben yair in Masechet Avodah Zara 20b enumerates the levels of moral virtues. As quoted below, there is a structured progression to get to the next virtue.
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Why did R' Yehoshua scold the walls of the shul?
"Rabbi Eliezer then said to them: If the halakha is with me, the walls of the study hall will prove it. The walls of the study hall leaned inward and began to fall. Rabbi Yehoshua scolded the ...
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Is there a lookup table that links Mishnayos with Gemara page
For example, משנה עירובין פרק ט משנה ד is in תלמוד בבלי on דף צה עמוד א.
Is there a comprehensive table that links all the (relevant) משניות to where they are in תלמוד בבלי?
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Understanding of Ravina's view on Churban timeline
I came across a Gemara in Arachin 12a
מכל מקום תשסרי לרבינא קשיא
The Gemara objects: In any case, the assertion of the baraita that the destruction of the Temple occurred in the nineteenth year is ...
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What exactly is considered a גרמא?
I faintly recall some Rishon saying that גרמא means something that doesn't happen right away but takes at least a few seconds to happen. Does anyone know the source for that, or anyone that disagrees?
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Kiddushin 8b: Making kiddushin vs fulfilling a mitzvah
Kiddushin 8b asks if a man says "Mikudeshes li" to a woman and gives her a loaf and she says "Give it to a poor person" she is not engaged - even if the poor person is supported by ...
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Why K"Yatom and not K"Derobonnon?
In my Artscroll Siddur Yitzchak Yair Hashalem, after the section called Vayiten L'cha there is a small piece of instruction:
בכמה קהילות אמרים כאן קדיש יתום
In some congregations [people] say here ...
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Did Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi learn the Angel of Death's personal name?
I recently heard that when Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi was in Paradise he learned the personal name of the Angel of Death/Satan. Can anyone provide a source for this claim?
In Ketubot 77b it is written:
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What is the difference between a "Chaver" and a regular Friend (Chaver)?
In the gemara it seems to sometimes refer to someone as a Chaver in a halachik sense and other times in a sense of meaning just a friend. What is the difference and how would one delineate between the ...
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How to learn with Rishonim?
I learn Gemara daily and I can read rather well through the text with Rashi and Tosafos. I would like to incorporate Rishonim into my learning. How do I do this? Do I look at them on every sugya? Do I ...
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Has the corpus of Tosafoth been printed in one volume?
The Talmudic commentary called Tosafoth has been printed together with the Talmud text itself for many centuries. For example, even Maharal testifies (in 1595) to this in Nesiv Hatorah ch. 5:
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Where in the Talmud does it say, if it indeed does, that one who’s thoughts are heard lives a life not worth living?
In Chumash shiur in Yeshiva, I think I remember hearing that in the Gemara somewhere it says that “one who’s thoughts are heard lives a life not worth living”, or something like that. If it does say ...
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Interpretations of (pseudo)hallucinations vis a vis the Talmud’s interpretations of dreams
The Talmud (last chapter of Berachot, 55a ff.) contains a long treatment interpreting various visions one may experience “בחלום” (in a dream).
If when under the influence of a psychoactive drug an ...
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The Names of Yehudis, Antiyochus or Yochanan Kohein Godol in the Torah
The Gemara in Chullin 139b says the following:
From where in the Torah can one find an
allusion to the hanging of Haman? He replied: The verse states after
Adam ate from the tree of knowledge: “...
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"Not being precise" (Rashi) in recording the Oral Torah
This is a very loaded question, but I would like to work it out intellectually, please.
I would like to understand a basic premise of Rashi that reflects on my understanding of the transferring of ...
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Source for zugos arguments
Is there any sefer that collects the various arguments of each zug (study pair)? Such as all the arguments of R yochanan and reish lukish, or abye and rava. It would be nice if it also proposed some ...
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Did the entire generation of the wilderness lose their Olam Haba
What does the Gemara mean when it says (Sanhedrin 108),
The generation of the wilderness have no share in the future world and will not stand at the [last] judgement, as it is written in this ...
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Why the extra "בֶן" in חֲנַנְיָה's name?
The Mishna in Shabbos (1:4) references חֲנַנְיָה בֶן חִזְקִיָּה בֶן גֻּרְיוֹן, with two בֶן's, but when referenced in Menachos (45a):
אמר רב זכור אותו האיש לטוב וחנינא בן חזקיה שמו
the Tanna's ...
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Raban Gamliel and learning near a pile of gold
I heard that raban gamliel learned near a pile of gold as a segula for something. I'd like to find out if there is a source for this and what it was a segula for
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Excluding a case in קנין but קנין remains valid
I heard of an idea that when it comes to קנינים (Acquisitions)if the קנין cannot be done in every instance, the קנין does can not apply at all.
Example: (Forgetting רש"י or other commentaries) In ...
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Can one repeat a siyum?
A few summer camps have a small dining room that can't fit all the campers and counselors for a meal at one time. Therefore, the camp schedules two meal shifts.
During the Nine Days, the camp ...
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Grammar or Gmara?
I recently reviewed Rashi commentaries on the word "כי" in Torah, he quotes several times this Gemara (one of the occurences is in Rosh Hashana 3a):
דאמר ריש לקיש: כי משמש בארבע לשונות: אי, דילמא, ...
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What subjects did talmud censoring involve and how far back does it go?
I'm aware of censoring of the name Yeshu, in the soncino printing of the talmud where they replaced it with "sinners of israel" in Gittin 57a.
I'm interested what other subjects or names were ...
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When does the Gemara say "שנאמר" vs. "כדכתיב"
There are many times when the Gemara uses the word "שנאמר" when it quotes a verse.
Why does it sometimes use the word "כדכתיב" when quoting a verse, and sometimes it says "שנאמר"
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Who put the parentheses in the Gemara, when, and for what reason(s)?
From time to time there are parentheses in the gemara (e.g., Taanis 17b).
Who put the parentheses there, when, and for what reason(s)?
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RABA (רבה) Bar Rav Shila or RAVA (רבא) Bar Rav Shila?
On the Talmud (Brachot- ברכות דף ב ע"א) there are a two versions:
RaVa bar Rav Shila (רבא בר רב שילא)
RaBa Bar Rav Shila (רבה בר רב שילא)
What is the right version?
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Prayer in the Ran at the end of Neddarim
Printed at the end of Ran's pirush on maseches Neddarim, before the hadran, is a prayer for Torah and the Beis HaMikdosh. It reads:
א-לקים משמים יאיר עינינו בתורתו כאור החמה שבעתים.
ויזכנו לראות ...
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God issuing prophecy in the name of idols
I once read somewhere in the Gemara that a Rabbi asked how come idolaters claim that, as they walked by an idol, the god made a prediction (or gave advice) that came true. The answer was that God ...
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Looking at the Nasi
It says in the Gemorah in Chagigah Daf 16a
המסתכל בג' דברים עיניו כהות בקשת ובנשיא ובכהנים ...בנשיא דכתיב ונתת
מהודך עליו
That the eyes of anyone who looks at the "Nasi" (a leader of the Jewish ...
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Story of Megaddalela, rabbi tells man to marry woman of ill-repute
I once read a story in the Talmud about a woman of ill-repute named Megaddalela, whom a rabbi told a man to marry. I used it for a research project and can no longer find the original source. And I do ...
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Source in the Gemara about seven qualities of an individual's personality
I recently heard a Torah lesson in which the speaker mentioned that according to the Gemara there are seven different sections or aspects of a person:
How people view you
Your deepest emotional needs
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Mi Yodeya Questions and answers, men and women
I learnt (I don't remember source) that a main reason women don't learn Gemora is to prevent intergender conversing. I wonder if discussing on Mi Yodeya contravenes this mandate.
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Are righteous gentiles in a covenant with God?
Is there anything in the Talmud that discusses righteous Gentiles being in a covenant with God?
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Does Ramban say anything about eating and nutrition?
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Does Ramban say anything about nutrition and health? Heard he was a doctor, what to eat or not?
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When rabbis call each other “orphans” in an extended sense, just what is that extended sense?
The Gemara (Kesubos 106a) describes several large conventions at which people would gather to hear Torah discourses. When one of these conventions would disperse, students who remained behind were ...
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Where can I find this text from Midrash Tanhuma?
Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo discusses Jesus association with Balaam and offers the following text from the uncensored Midrash Tanhumah :
“Bilaam foresaw that a man born from a woman would arise and ...
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How did the whole world know about אסתר's beauty?
In Megilah 13a it says all the nations of the world knew that אסתר was beautiful?
How did they even know who אסתר is? Let alone, her beauty!
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Why does "שוכו" change into "סוכו?"
In Tracte Megilah 13a - it lists the children of בתיה - the daughter of פרעה.
One of the children's names is חבר - father of שוכו.
The Gemara then explains that all of these names of the kids - are ...
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What's the source of Gerut Lechumra and what is it
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I heard there is a concept called Gerut Lechumra. What does this mean and what are the sources of this in Shulchan Aruch, Rambam and Gemara?
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