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Where is Shabbat 116b in the Munich Manuscript?
The relevant one is 27v (0062).
However, the different folios are more easily accessible through the manuscript tool in Sefaria. Here's a link to the relevant folio from the Munich 95 MS:
https://...
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In what way was the way of learning in Israel different from the Babylonian to cause R' Zeirah to fast?
Similar to @shayachagigah's idea, the Ben Yehoyada https://www.sefaria.org/Bava_Metzia.85a.21?lang=bi&with=Ben%20Yehoyada&lang2=en (Ben Ish Chai) says an intresting idea:
רַבִּי זֵירָא, כִּי ...
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How were the conclusions of Horayot 13b reached?
Since your question is (still) a bit unclear, I would like to provide an answer with a deeper meaning behind it. This answers conveys the message that the deeper meaning behind these five things that ...
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Why does the opening משנה in מסכת מגילה have a weird לשון?
I suggest the 'וקורין' in "חל להיות בשבת כפרים ועיירות גדולות מקדימין וקורין ליום הכניסה" is a copyist's/editor's error.
First, it doesn't fit grammatically: To be understood as saying "...
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When Purim falls out on Shabbos, why are you allowed to give Mishloach Manos?
It would seem that the difference is that by Megillah, the fear is that one might come to carry it in public domain to bring it to a scholar, in order to learn its laws
Mishloach Manos on the other ...
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When Purim falls out on Shabbos, why are you allowed to give Mishloach Manos?
You're probably not meant to give mishloach manos. See this Peninei Halakha for an explanation. Purim on the 14th Adar never falls out on Shabbos nowadays, but Shushan Purim in Jerusalem on the 15th ...
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The search for invariants
Modern science concludes that nature is always optimizing. Between two points, light takes the path it can cross in the least time. Soap bubbles form so as to minimize surface area. When an object ...
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Rashi, Yebamoth 55b:7
Rashi is explaining that one might have mistakenly thought that if one had relations with someone else’s deceased wife, he would be held guilty for committing adultery, being that she still has the ...
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Why doesn’t רבי שמעון בר נחמי accept רב שמן בר אבא explanation about בזמניהם?
According to the Gemara you quoted it asks this very valid question. It says that רב שמן בר אבא says that the word "כימים" is for generations ("דורות"). This means according to ...
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Genesis 32:33 a law or a custom?
Some people claim that without the Oral Torah, all that we can get
from the story of Jacob in Genesis 32, is that Israelites avoiding the
gid hanasheh was merely a custom, **they just decided to do so,...
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Recommendation for the best Talmud Bavli set
I love the Oz Vehadar set - it nice and clean, and packed with meforshim - they have tons in the back, plus bonuses like summaries of pesukim that are brought down and gemaros brought down in tosafos ...
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Recommendation for the best Talmud Bavli set
If you are looking for one with English then IMO Artscroll is the way to go. If you want one with commentaries then Mesivta might be what you are looking for.
The Mesivta gemaras have an explanation ...
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What page of the Babylonian Talmud has the most words?
The answer is Berachos 32a with a whopping 864 words. If you are looking for both sides of the page, the answer is Berachos 10 with 1615 words.
I used a computer program to find it.
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The Yud and Hey in creation (Isaiah 26:4)
Rashi explains it.
The Yud represents the fewness of the Tzadikim, the Heh with its open bottom represents the ability to return to hashem (teshuvah) it also represents the descent prepared for the ...
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