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Prof. Shmuel Safrai (according to Prof. David Flusser in "Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Era", pg. 116) and Rabbi Shmuel Klein (in The Land of Judea, pg. 101) both thought that the following mi …

The Midrash is called "Bat Shlomo in the Tower". According to a number of sites online, it comes from Buber's Introduction to Ktav Yad Gimel of Midrash Tanchuma Hakadum V'Hayashan1, 1885 Edition. Can …

It's per a mishna and a gemara: The mishna in Gittin 7:6 says: "If a husband says to his wife: This is your bill of divorce on the condition that you will serve my father, or: On the condition that y …

Some time ago I heard a Dvar Torah (which I brought here) by someone who stated, among other things, that the city of Gilad used to be, at least from the time of the sale of Yosef until it was conquer …

Well, as it turns out, the person who gave over the dvar Torah wrote down all of it here. It seems that it should be inferred that Gilad was a place of slave-trafficking because the Yishmaelim came fr …

As far as I can tell, this seems to have been a baseless theory thought up by Heinrich Graetz in his book History of the Jews, vol. II, ch. XIX (can be found here): "The Prophet Jeremiah had given to …

Partially related. I have heard a number of times over the years that everything the Rambam wrote was based on some source that he had before him, and therefore when he writes something that we don't …

Possibly Rabbi Yehudah Halevi who wrote in Kuzari 2:2: "We also style Him wise of heart, because He is the essence of intelligence, and intelligence itself; but this is no attribute."

It's from the Rokeach's book Sodei Razei Smuchim (link). He seems to be clarifying a statement in the gemara regarding learning ideas via juxtaposition of certain words and verses (smichut) in the Tor …

As I wrote in the comments, I found most of these two anecdotes, but not the part where the Chida was displeased at the merry-making because of the issue of galut. In fact, the Chida doesn't state dis …

This might be what you're referring to: "א"נ במ"ש מהרח"ו זצ"ל ששאל לרבו דעינינו הרואות בתלמוד ומדרשים שמעשים טובים ומדות וקדושת התנאים ואמוראים הוא דבר מבהיל ולא יוכל האדם בדורנו לעשות אחת מאלף, והשי …

Seconding @Aryeh that this is an excellent question. I did some research on the subject and this is what I've found on the matter: Authorship: First of all, it seems that the composer of this non-vers …

I've seen (and heard) on occasion people clapping during Amidah, and I've always wondered why. Personally, I find it annoying, so I was wondering if there was some source that explained the reasoning …

I saw a couple of essays yesterday arguing that some teachings in Avot may have been directed specifically against the Greek philosopher Epicurus* and his teachings. I was wondering whether any of the …

Related to this answer. Earlier today I was sent a video that showed the Chief Rabbis of Israel at the Kotel making a Mi Sheberach for the refuah of President Trump, where they called him דונלד ג'ון ב …