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Showing posts with label Just some notes on the daf I'm currently doing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Just some notes on the daf I'm currently doing. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Who are the nursing mother and the Sar Apis?

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Avoda Zara 43a1: The gemerah discusses two commonly worshiped images, the nursing mother and Sar Apis. The gemarah identified the for...
Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Who was Cain's father?

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Yet another post, inspired by a Twitter conversation.... Here's R. Yochanan on BT Avoda Zara 22B: When the serpent came unto Eve he i...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010

A strange Roman ritual, and two interpretations of it

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On BT Avoda Zara 11b, Rav Yehudah b. Ezekiel (d 299) provides a description of a Roman ritual which he attributes to his teacher Shmuel (d 2...
Monday, July 05, 2010

What is spirituality?

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On the last few comment threads, some of you have brought up spirituality. Adam, for example, says the OPR rabbi is causing "spiritual ...
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Thursday, July 01, 2010

A proof that tannaim created midrashim?

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On BT Shabbas 96b, Rabbi Akiva identifies Zelophehad as the mkoshesh eitzim or stick-gatherer on the basis of a gezeira shava that is a wo...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Why won't I join a Daf Yomi shiur?

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Often, I'm asked why I prefer to study my daily daf alone instead of joining one of the many neighborhood classes/shiurim. The reason I ...
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Friday, April 02, 2010

The censored Good Friday Gemarah

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No coincidences? Hah. Today is Good Friday, the day Jesus was killed, and it was just five days ago that the Daf Yomi arrived at BT Sanhedr...