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Crushed Amorites, Suspended Hailstones, and the Defeat of the Giant Og: Talmudic Accounts of Biblical Triumphs Over Enemies (Berakhot 54a-b)
This sugya examines the biblical and extra-biblical miracles for which one recites a blessing, focusing on three categories preserved in a baraita…
6 hrs ago
Pt2 R’ Yehoshua ben Ḥananya’s Riddle Contest With the Athenian Philosophers (Bekhorot 8b-9a)
This is the second and final part of a two-part series.
Dec 4
Pt1 R’ Yehoshua ben Ḥananya’s Riddle Contest With the Athenian Philosophers (Bekhorot 8b-9a)
A Story of Wisdom, Irony, and Farce
Dec 3
Pt3 Religious Initiative, Prophetic Distillation of Commandments, and the Endurance of Faith in Exile (Makkot 23b-24a)
This is the third and final part of a three-part series.
Dec 2
Pt2 Religious Initiative, Prophetic Distillation of Commandments, and the Endurance of Faith in Exile (Makkot 23b-24a)
This is the second part of a three-part series.
Dec 1
November 2025
Pt1 Religious Initiative, Prophetic Distillation of Commandments, and the Endurance of Faith in Exile (Makkot 23b-24a)
This is the first part of a three-part series.
Nov 30
Biblical Rivers: The Origins, Course, and Names of the Jordan and Euphrates (Bekhorot 55a-b)
Intro This sugya presents a rabbinic geography of the Jordan River, its legal designation, and several associated teachings on river sources, names, and…
Nov 28
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Finding Rare Voices in the Talmud: A Quantitative Analysis and Concordance
Over the past several years, I’ve been working on a project that sits at the intersection of Jewish learning and computational text analysis. I spend a…
Nov 27
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Pt2 Mapping Roman-Era Eretz Yisrael: From Biblical Place-Names to the Powers of Edom (Megillah 6a-b)
This is the second and final part of a two-part series.
Nov 26
Pt1 Mapping Roman-Era Eretz Yisrael: From Biblical Place-Names to the Powers of Edom (Megillah 6a-b)
The fraught geopolitical and metaphysical Relationships between Rome/Edom, Italy, Caesarea, Germania, and Jerusalem
Nov 25
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Pt2 Symbolism of Actions, Biblical Kings, Biblical Books, and Tanaitic Sages in Talmudic Dream Interpretations: Over 50 Dream Images and…
This is the second and final part of a two-part series.
Nov 24
Introducing ChavrutAI’s Mishnah-Talmud Mapping Table
When I started building ChavrutAI, I wanted to make the Talmud more more accessible to anyone studying it.
Nov 23
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