“והשתיה כדת”: Considering Rabbi Meir’s Reading [Megillah 12a]
Recently, someone pointed out to me a curious drinking text related to Purim (Megillah 12a): והשתיה כדת – מאי כדת…
Rabbi Drew Kaplan’s Textual Insights
Recently, someone pointed out to me a curious drinking text related to Purim (Megillah 12a): והשתיה כדת – מאי כדת…
A rather curious text occurs featuring Abba Shaul discussing his experiences as someone who buried corpses (Niddah 24b): תניא אבא…
Having been alerted yesterday to a curious text, I began to investigate it. The text, as printed in the Vilna…
In my recent consideration of etiological possibilities for Jewesses enstringing upon themselves (Niddah 66a), I now turn to discuss some…
In 2005, I composed the following essay, which has sat proverbially collecting dust amongst my digital files. I hereby present…
A significant text that occurs in the area of menstrual impurity in Jewish law (Halakhah) is the following reportage of…
In the beginning of Mishnah Berakhot, we come across a scene in which Rabban Gamaliel’s sons return home past midnight…