Questions tagged [talmud-yerushalmi]
A counterpart to the Talmud Bavli that was created in Eretz Yisrael
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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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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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Is the Story About Members of Beis Shammai Killing Members of Beis Hillel True?
The Yerushalmi Talmud at Shabbos 1:4 has a mysterious passage speaking of a time when Beis Shammai literally violently out-dueled Beis Hillel:
Mishna: These are the laws they said in the attic of ...
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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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Responses to the Chacham and Tam
In the Haggadah, the response to the Chacham is teaching him the halachos of Pesach, whereas the response to the Tam is that Hashem took us out of Mitzraim with a strong arm.
Yet, in the Yerushalmi, ...
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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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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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Quadrant based layout for the Yerushalmi
If one goes through the citations in the Milon Even Shoshan, one might see references to words from the Yerushalmi with attribution like this:
Please zoom in and look at the entry for pileish, on the ...
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Were all future Torah innovations taught to Moshe at Har Sinai?
Pirkei D'Rabbi Eliezer Ch. 2-------פרקי דרבי אליעזר פרק ב
אמר לו, (רבי יוחנן לרבי אליעזר) אמשול לך משל למה הדבר דומה, למעין זה
שהוא נובע ומוציא מים, ויש בכוחו להוציא מים יותר ממה שהוא מכניס. כך
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Marriage: get out of jail free card?
The Yerushalmi (Bikkurim 3:3/11b) says that a chassan has his sins atoned for. This is derived from Esav, who married a woman, the daughter of Yishmael and sister of Navos, named Machalas (Bereishis ...
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Question on the connection of the braitot in Sanhedrin 32b
In Bavli Sanhedrin 32b it says:
"The Sages taught: The verse states: “Justice, justice, shall you follow.” This teaches that one should follow the best, most prestigious, court of the generation....
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Talmud Yerushalmi M'nukad
I'm currently looking to buy a Talmud Yerushalmi M'nukad individual/set (not Artscroll/Schottenstein). Are there any out there?
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What happened in R' Chananya's penthouse (18 Dvarim)?
Speaking of Beyt Shamai, Yerushalmi Shabbat 9a also here:
Background:
"ואלו הן ההלכות שאמרו בעליית חנניה בן חזקיה בן גרון
שעלו לבקרו ונמנו ורבו ב"ש על ב"ה
ושמנה עשר דברים גזרו בו ביום:"
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Rashi on Yerushalmi
Why is there no Rashi on Yerushalmi? What can I learn instead?
Is there anything that can replace it, and why was it not written?
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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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Trying to Understand the Riddle of Bar Kappara
Bar Kappara (possibly Eliezer haKappar, possibly his son Shimon) was a tanna who was known, within the Talmud, for his unusual antics and unchecked speech. In Nedarim 51a, he causes Rebbi to laugh out ...
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Rambam on Planting non-fruit trees on Shemita
The Yerushalmi in Sheviit 4:4 says:
וכן היה רשב״ג אומר נוטעין אילן סרק בשביעית
So too Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel would say - one may plant non-fruit trees on the seventh
then RaMBa"M goes and ...
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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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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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Are there references to Jesus in the Jerusalem Talmud?
In my online search I have not come across any references to Jesus in the Talmud Yerushalmi. I realize in the Bavli sometimes he is not identified by name or passages are censored/removed. I would ...
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Talmud Yerushalmi: comparing paginations
As far as I'm aware, there are three different popular paginations of the Talmud Yerushalmi: the Venice edition (four volumes, two columns per amud), the Vilna edition (one column per amud), and the ...
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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 earliest explicit reference to the "Talmud" after it was compiled?
I am thinking of perhaps the earliest direct quotation of it, or reference to it by name or at least in some manner in which it is clear that the Talmud itself is being described. Essentially, I am ...
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Chapters of Tanach present in Talmud Yerushalmi
Chapters of Tanach present in Talmud Bavli asks:
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״...
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How far must one suffer for Arba Kosos?
As discussed here, the Yerushalmi (Pesachim 10:1) notes that some Amoraim suffered tremendous headaches from drinking the Arba Kosos that lasted for weeks, if not months. (I'm not sure what the events ...
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Does the Yerushalmi mention drinking wine on Friday after bathing
Related to this question. The Otzar Yad Chaim in the picture below quotes the Bartenura who mentions a minhag to drink until tipsy before going to shul Friday night.
The seffer then says the ...
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Source for saying Parshas Hamon?
There is a segulo for parnoso which is to read Parshas Hamon every day after davening. I have seen people "quote the Yerushalmi" for this but I have been unable to locate its source. Can ...
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