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What are some Gemarot that contain a lot of stories and aggadah?
Much of Bava Basra Perek 5 contains a whole slew of stories told by sailors and other people to different Amoraim. The Artscroll (and the book the juggler and the king) both explain these ...
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Who else says the Jews violate the Ten Commandments during the first Temple
Someone pointed out to me the source is Eicha Rabbah 1:1:
אֵיכָה יָשְׁבָה. שָׁאֲלוּ אֶת בֶּן עַזַּאי אָמְרוּ לוֹ רַבֵּנוּ דְּרשׁ לָנוּ דָּבָר אֶחָד מִמְגִלַּת קִינוֹת, אָמַר לָהֶם לֹא גָּלוּ ...
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Baal Shem Tov on the words b'simcha and machshava
Tikunei HaZohar says:
וְאַתְוָון בְּשִׂמְחָ''ה אִיהִי מַחֲשָׁבָ''ה, the letters of b’simcha, they [spell out] machshava.
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Does Rashi say that cats are more Tzanua than dogs?
As Robev and Double AA noted, your friend was likely referencing this Gemara in Eruvin (100b)
אמר רבי יוחנן: אילמלא לא ניתנה תורה, היינו למידין צניעות מחתול -
Similarly, Rabbi Yoḥanan said: Even if ...
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Ariza"l and Seer (Chozeh) of Lublin on Korach
R. Elazar of Worms (aka the Roqeah) in his Perush on the Siddur (Hershler ed., p. 125), wrote:
צדיק כתמר יפרח סופי תיבות קרח, שיהא כקרח בעשרו, כשם שתמר
פורח כך קרח לעתיד, שנאמר מוריד שאול ויעל, קרח ...
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What are some Gemarot that contain a lot of stories and aggadah?
Id say most of Mesechas Sanhedrin, its packed with Agadata's.
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What are some Gemarot that contain a lot of stories and aggadah?
בבא מציעא - השוכר את הפועלים
From the beginning of the perek .דף פג
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