Rabbi Drew Kaplan’s Textual Insights
Continuing on in my series on sleep in the Tosefta, the final order to discuss is Taharot. As we shall…
Continuing on in my study of early rabbinic attitudes towards sleep, we now move on to Seder Nashim in the…
Continuing on in my study of sleep in the Tosefta brings us to Seder Moed, the order dealing with holidays…
What’s Similar Of the three occurrences of sleep in Tosefta Seder Nezikin, only one of them is similar to what…
Considering sleep in Tosefta, Seder Kodashim has an almost word-for-word parallel to what we see in the Mishnah (mKeritot 2.6):…
The key concern for Seder Nezikin is damages, therefore culpability is a key concern: Culpability One who is sleeping has…
In the tractates of the Mishnah we have previously considered (see Seder Moed, Seder Taharot, and Seder Kodashim), sleeping in…
Continuing on in our investigation into sleep into the Mishnah (having previously considered Seder Moed and Seder Taharot), sleep appears…
Having discussed sleep in the Mishnah in Seder Moed, I now turn to Seder Taharot, the seder with the least amount of sleep…
How did the early rabbis conceptualize sleep? Taking a look at the Mishnah, as one of the most significant pieces…