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…
Background Having first been curious about the appearance of an unnamed group just simply called “Sages” in the Mishnah, in…
Introduction Nearly a decade ago after having counted up all the sages in the Mishnah and seeing how many times…
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):…
There is a curious story in the Passover Haggadah that I wanted to explore: מַעֲשֶׂה בְּרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר וְרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְרַבִּי…
With Purim upon us this week and the attendant drinking that occurs, it’s fitting to wonder about the appropriateness of…
In the beginning of Mishnah Berakhot, we come across a scene in which Rabban Gamaliel’s sons return home past midnight…