Rabbi Drew Kaplan’s Textual Insights
Background One of the things that caught my eye in my counting up the frequency of the appearances of the…
When I first began my Rabbinic Popularity in the Mishnah Project nearly a decade ago,[1] I was curious to see…
The key concern for Seder Nezikin is damages, therefore culpability is a key concern: Culpability One who is sleeping has…
One of the special practices of the holiday of Sukkot is the taking of several arboreal species, as commanded in…
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…