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Nakdimon ben Guryon, the Roman Hegemon, and the Water Loan Miracle in the Late Second Temple Period (Taanit 19b-20a)

The story in this sugya blends civic leadership, personal piety, and divine intervention into a tightly structured moral drama.

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Decoding Jastrow's Dictionary: A Modern Guide to an Essential Talmudic Resource

With Appendix - A Comprehensive Mapping table of Jastrow Dictionary’s Abbreviations (~18pp.)

Jun 20

Pt2 Power, Pedagogy, and Internal Rabbinic Politics: The Deposition of Rabban Gamliel, the Appointment of R' Elazar ben Azarya, and Eventual…

This is the second and final part of a two-part series.

Jun 19

Pt1 Power, Pedagogy, and Internal Rabbinic Politics: The Deposition of Rabban Gamliel, the Appointment of R' Elazar ben Azarya, and Eventual…

This is the first part of a two-part series.

Jun 18

Rav Kahana vs. R’ Yoḥanan, Babylonia vs. Eretz Yisrael: Rav Kahana’s Flight, Resurrection, and Recognition (Bava Kamma 117a-b)

This sugya centers on a dramatic story that occurred circa mid-3rd century CE, focusing on Rav Kahana (רב כהנא), a Babylonian sage whose zealous action…

Jun 17

Disputes Between Pharisees and Sadducees: Scripture, Impurity, and Legal Reasoning (Mishnah Yadayim 4:6-8)

This Mishnah passage presents a series of polemical exchanges between the Pharisees (פרושים - the predecessors of rabbinic Judaism) and Sadducees…

Jun 16

Divine Reciprocity: Biblical Instances of Measure-for-Measure (‘Midah Keneged Midah’) Punishment and Reward (Mishnah Sotah 1:7-9)

This Mishnaic aggadic passage explores the principle of midah keneged midah ("measure for measure"), asserting that individuals are punished according…

Jun 15

The Beauty and the Bandit: The Talmudic Tragedy of R' Yoḥanan and Reish Lakish (Bava Metzia 84a)

This sugya opens with R' Yoḥanan (fl.

Jun 13

Pt2 Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah and the Fiery Furnace in the Talmud: Aggadic Expansion of Daniel 3 (Sanhedrin 92b-93a)

This is the second and final part of a two-part series.

Jun 12

Pt1 Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah and the Fiery Furnace in the Talmud: Aggadic Expansion of Daniel 3 (Sanhedrin 92b-93a)

This is the first part of a two-part series.

Jun 11

The List of Ingredients in the Temple Incense: The ‘Ketoret’ Formula in Detail (Keritot 6a)

Notes, unrelated to the piece:

Jun 10

Actual Resurrection or Allegory? The Valley of Dry Bones in Ezekiel 37 in the Talmud (Sanhedrin 92b)

Ezekiel’s Dry Bones and the Talmudic Imagination

Jun 9

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