Questions tagged [tosefta]
The Tosefta are a compilation of baraitot passages, organized in accordance with the order of the Mishnah
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The wrapping of a Torah scroll only “defiles the hands” so long as it is pure? Why? What does pure mean in this case?
Tosefta Yadayim 2:5 (quoted by Rashba on Mishnah Yadayim) says:
תיק הספרים ומטפחות ותיבה של ספר בזמן שהן טהורות מטמאות את הידים
What does "pure" mean here? What could happen to the wrappings or the ...
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How many Perakim and Beraytot in the Tosefta?
I am trying to make a schedule.
How many Perakim and Beraytot in the Tosefta?
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What’s Tosefta vs. Baraita?
I’m confused. I’ve traded corresponding Wikipedia articles, but still can’t clearly tell what is what. Is one includes the other, or they parallel? What’s one to another?
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How can people dance around bonfires on Lag Lo'Omer - it's darchei emori?
In Tosephto Shabbos 7:1, it says that one who dances by a bonfire is following in the ways of the Emorites. In light of this, how can so many supposedly frum Jews dance around bonfires on Lag Lo'Omer?
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Why does one receive reward for saying they will give tzedaka?
The Tosefta in Peah (4:17) states that if a person says they will give tzedaka and then gives it, they receive divine reward both for the "saying" and for the "giving." And in a case where the person ...
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Seeking information on the Targum to Iyov
Tosefta Shabbat 14(13?):2-3 describes a targum to the book of Iyov which was subsequently hidden away.
א"ר יוסי מעשה [שהלך ר'] חלפתא אצל רבן גמליאל לטבריא ומצאו שהיה יושב על שולחנו של ר' יוחנן [בן ...
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What teaches about the Tosefta תוספתא
What religious communities teach about the Tosefta תוספתא today?
I know that among some teachers it is considered legitimate to compare and contrast parallel teachings in the Mishnah, Tosefta, and ...
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Stealing from a non-Jew is worse than stealing from a Jew
Rav Shimon Schwab zt"l (in an audio shiur titled "Jews in Golus - How High A Profile") quoted a tosefta in perek hagozel which says that to steal from a non-Jew is worse than stealing from a Jew for ...
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Differences between Bat Kol and prophecy
A bat kol, lit. a 'daughter of a voice', is understood by Marcus Jastrow as a divine voice, a substitute for prophecy. The instance of a bat kol occurs many times in the Talmud1. There are sources ...
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How do we evaluate a b'raisa that quotes Rebbe against an anonymous Mishna?
At Rosh Hashanah 19b, the Gemara raises a b'raisa quoting Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi (aka "Rebbe") -- the editor of the Mishna -- to counter the opinion of the anonymous Tanna quoted in the previous Mishna ...
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Tosefta vs. Toras Cohanim
This past Shabbos someone said over to me a particular sugia they were learning in Taharos and a maklokes Rishonim (an argument between Rishonim, medieval rabbis) in a particular analysis. One Rishon ...
