Who Indirectly Quoted Rabbi Meir? [Megillah 12a]
Having been alerted yesterday to a curious text, I began to investigate it. The text, as printed in the Vilna…
Rabbi Drew Kaplan’s Textual Insights
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…
A significant text that occurs in the area of menstrual impurity in Jewish law (Halakhah) is the following reportage of…
Introduction One of the more familiar aspects of Purim practices is getting drunk, with Purim being one of the most…
A huge concern for the rabbis was the consumption of gentile wine, as it could be used in libations, which…
A curious text emerges on Avodah Zarah 31b: אתמר מפני מה אסרו שכר של גוים רמי בר חמא אמר רבי…