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Pt2 Mourning and Consolation: From the Women of Shekhantziv to the Elders of Yavne (Moed Katan 28b-29a)

Pt1 Mourning and Consolation: From the Women of Shekhantziv to the Elders of Yavne (Moed Katan 28b-29a)

Pt2 Sexual Penetration and Liability: Halachic Aspects of Active and Passive Roles in the Context of Homosexual Sex and Bestiality (Sanhedrin 54a-55a)

Pt1 Sexual Penetration and Liability: Halachic Aspects of Active and Passive Roles in the Context of Homosexual Sex and Bestiality (Sanhedrin 54a-55a)

Pt2 Jerusalem’s Special Regulations: Urban Sanctity, Public Order, and Animal Restrictions (Bava Kamma 82b-83a)

Pt1 Jerusalem’s Special Regulations: Urban Sanctity, Public Order, and Animal Restrictions (Bava Kamma 82b-83a)

Pt2 From Patriarchs to Peace: The Logic of the Sequence of the Amida Blessings (Shemoneh Esreh) (Megillah 17a-18a)

Pt1 From Patriarchs to Peace: The Logic of the Sequence of the Amida Blessings (Shemoneh Esreh) (Megillah 17a-18a)

Beauty, Lineage, and Prophecy: Deborah, Huldah, and the Legacy of Female Prophets (Megillah 14b-15a)

Pt2 Methods and Ethics of Torah Study (Eruvin 54b-55a)

Pt1 Methods and Ethics of Torah Study (Eruvin 54b-55a)

Pt1 Permitted and Prohibited Birds, Based on the lists of Non-kosher Birds in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 (Chullin 61b-63b)

From Unicorns to Two-Spined Beasts: Talmudic Wonders of Creation (Chullin 60a-b)

Gigantic Lion; Blinding Sun; Massive Meals; and God the Carpenter: Four Stories of R' Yehoshua ben Ḥananya’s Interactions With the Roman Emperor (Chullin 59b-60a)

Testing Traditions: R' Shimon ben Ḥalafta's Experiments on Birds and Ants (Chullin 57b)

Tables, Tablets, and Torah Scholars: Showbread, Menorah, and Degrees of Sanctity (Menachot 99a-b)

Moral Accounting and Divine Judgment: A Homiletic Reading of the Poetic Account of the Conquest of Moab in Numbers 21:27–30 (Bava Batra 78b-79a)

Pt3 Leviathan, Behemoth, and Jerusalem in the Messianic Future (Bava Batra 74b-75b)

Pt2 Leviathan, Behemoth, and Jerusalem in the Messianic Future (Bava Batra 74b-75b)

Pt1 Leviathan, Behemoth, and Jerusalem in the Messianic Future (Bava Batra 74b-75b)

The End of the ‘Clusters’ and the Limits of Post-Mosaic Halakhic Authority (Temurah 15b-16a)

Pt2 Answering Amen, Schoolchildren’s Study, and the Causes of Jerusalem’s Destruction (Shabbat 119b)

Pt1 Answering Amen, Schoolchildren’s Study, and the Causes of Jerusalem’s Destruction (Shabbat 119b)

Pt3 Arrogance, Adultery, and the Primacy of Humility (Sotah 4b-5a)

Pt2 Arrogance, Adultery, and the Primacy of Humility (Sotah 4b-5a)

Pt1 Arrogance, Adultery, and the Primacy of Humility (Sotah 4b-5a)

Pt4 Permitted and Prohibited Birds, Based on the lists of Non-kosher Birds in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 (Chullin 61b-63b)

Pt3 Permitted and Prohibited Birds, Based on the lists of Non-kosher Birds in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 (Chullin 61b-63b)

Pt2 Permitted and Prohibited Birds, Based on the lists of Non-kosher Birds in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 (Chullin 61b-63b)

Pt1 Permitted and Prohibited Birds, Based on the lists of Non-kosher Birds in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 (Chullin 61b-63b)

Pt2 Interpreting Eschatological Biblical Prophecies: Resurrection, the Messianic Future, and the World-to-Come (Pesachim 68a)

Pt1 Interpreting Eschatological Biblical Prophecies: Resurrection, the Messianic Future, and the World-to-Come (Pesachim 68a)

Lineage, Learning, and Reputation: Proper and Improper Feasting and Marriages (Pesachim 49a)

Pt2 Public Covenant and Collective Responsibility: The Ceremony of Blessings and Curses at Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal in Deuteronomy 27 (Sotah 37a-b)

Pt1 Public Covenant and Collective Responsibility: The Ceremony of Blessings and Curses at Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal in Deuteronomy 27 (Sotah 37a-b)

Pt2 Proportional Punishment, Post-Sanhedrin Deaths, and Divine Judgment of Individuals, Kings, and Nations (Sotah 8b-9a)

Pt1 Proportional Punishment, Post-Sanhedrin Deaths, and Divine Judgment of Individuals, Kings, and Nations (Sotah 8b-9a)

‘Son/Master of [X]’: The Hebrew Words “Ben” and “Ba’al” as Markers of Attribute, Character, and Status

The Funeral Honors of Hezekiah in II Chronicles 32:33 (Bava Kamma 16b-17a)

Pt2 The Temple of Onias in Egypt and Divine Worship Outside of Israel (Menachot 109b-110a)

Pt1 The Temple of Onias in Egypt and Divine Worship Outside of Israel (Menachot 109b-110a)

Pt2 Calamity, Epidemic, and Property: Teachings on Divine Punishment, Public Danger, and David’s Halakhic Dilemma in II Samuel 23 (Bava Kamma 60a-b)

Pt1 Calamity, Epidemic, and Property: Teachings on Divine Punishment, Public Danger, and David’s Halakhic Dilemma in II Samuel 23 (Bava Kamma 60a-b)

Ben Sira at the Boundary: External Books, Moral Instruction, and Rabbinic Canon (Sanhedrin 100b)

Book of Ruth 2-3 Through Talmudic Eyes: Intelligence, Modesty, and Davidic Descendants (Shabbat 113b-114a)

Pt3 Conditionality of Creation, Crowns, and Commitment: the Cosmic Significance of the Giving of the Torah and the Revelation at Sinai (Shabbat 88a-89a)

Pt3 Hosea, Exile, and the Restoration of Israel (Pesachim 87a-88a)

Pt2 Hosea, Exile, and the Restoration of Israel (Pesachim 87a-88a)

Pt1 Hosea, Exile, and the Restoration of Israel (Pesachim 87a-88a)

The Abraham-Abimelech Narrative in Genesis 20: Interpersonal Ethics, Legal Culpability, and Divine Punishment (Bava Kamma 92a)

Pt3 From Verse to Aphorism: Tracing the Biblical Basis of Rabbinic and Popular Sayings (Bava Kamma 92a-93a)

Pt2 From Verse to Aphorism: Tracing the Biblical Basis of Rabbinic and Popular Sayings (Bava Kamma 92a-93a)

Pt1 From Verse to Aphorism: Tracing the Biblical Basis of Rabbinic and Popular Sayings (Bava Kamma 92a-93a)

Introducing a New Index of Biblical, Talmudic, and Medieval Jewish Figures

Seven Riddles of Complex Family Relationships, and Their Solutions: A Case Study in AI-Generated Diagrams in HTML and SVG (Yevamot 97b)

Pt4 The Destructions of the First Temple, Second Temple, and Betar in the Talmud Yerushalmi (Taanit 4:5)

Pt3 The Destructions of the First Temple, Second Temple, and Betar in the Talmud Yerushalmi (Taanit 4:5)

Pt2 The Destructions of the First Temple, Second Temple, and Betar in the Talmud Yerushalmi (Taanit 4:5)

Pt1 The Destructions of the First Temple, Second Temple, and Betar in the Talmud Yerushalmi (Taanit 4:5)

Pt2 The Story of Aher in the Talmud Yerushalmi (Chagigah 2:1)

Introducing the Modernized BDB Reader at ChavrutAI: A Modernization of Brown-Driver-Briggs, the Major Scholarly Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

The Temple's Priestly and Non-Priestly Divisions: Their Formation, Function, and Revival From Moses to the Second Temple (Taanit 27a-b)

Pt1 The Story of Aher in the Talmud Yerushalmi (Chagigah 2:1)

Pt4 Ma’aseh Bereishit (Creation and Cosmology) and Ma’aseh Merkava in the Talmud Yerushalmi (Chagigah 2:1)

Pt3 Ma’aseh Bereishit (Creation and Cosmology) and Ma’aseh Merkava in the Talmud Yerushalmi (Chagigah 2:1)

Pt2 Ma’aseh Bereishit (Creation and Cosmology) and Ma’aseh Merkava in the Talmud Yerushalmi (Chagigah 2:1)

Pt1 Ma’aseh Bereishit (Creation and Cosmology) and Ma’aseh Merkava in the Talmud Yerushalmi (Chagigah 2:1)

Pt4 The ‘Eighteen Decrees’: A Foundational Rabbinic Story, and a Case Study in Formatting a Yerushalmi Sugya for Literary Structure (Yerushalmi Shabbat 1:4)

Pt3 The ‘Eighteen Decrees’: A Foundational Rabbinic Story, and a Case Study in Formatting a Yerushalmi Sugya for Literary Structure (Yerushalmi Shabbat 1:4)

A Data-Driven Look At Talmud Yerushalmi and Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah: The Longest and Shortest Chapters and Sections

The Rabbis of Talmudic Eretz Yisrael: Automated Personal Name Extraction from the Talmud Yerushalmi

Tannaitic Aphorisms (Avot 3:2-12)

What Are the Longest and Shortest ‘Halachot’ in the Talmud Yerushalmi?

Pt2 The ‘Eighteen Decrees’: A Foundational Rabbinic Story, and a Case Study in Formatting a Yerushalmi Sugya for Literary Structure (Yerushalmi Shabbat 1:4)

Pt1 The ‘Eighteen Decrees’: A Foundational Rabbinic Story, and a Case Study in Formatting a Yerushalmi Sugya for Literary Structure (Yerushalmi Shabbat 1:4)

Which Bible Verses Does the Talmud Quote Most?

Pt3 Medical Diseases and Their Remedies (Avodah Zarah 28a-29a)

Pt2 Medical Diseases and Their Remedies (Avodah Zarah 28a-29a)

Pt1 Medical Diseases and Their Remedies (Avodah Zarah 28a-29a)

Pt2 Bloodletting, Recovery, and Regimens of Risk: Fires, Food, Wine, Timing, Exposure, and Practical Precautions of Babylonian Amoraim (Shabbat 129a-b)

Pt1 Bloodletting, Recovery, and Regimens of Risk: Fires, Food, Wine, Timing, Exposure, and Practical Precautions of Babylonian Amoraim (Shabbat 129a-b)

Pharaoh’s Strategy, Miriam’s Watchfulness, and Divine Retribution: Talmudic Interpretations of Exodus 1:8-10 (Sotah 11a)

Large Numbers (≥100) in the Talmud: A Data Analysis

Pt2 Hallel: Scope, Significance, and Related Aggadic Teachings (Pesachim 118a-b)

Pt2 Expressions of praise in the Book of Psalms and the Origin of the Hallel Prayer (Pesachim 117a)

From Moshe to Pharaoh: A Parodical Passover Prosopographic Survey of Exodus Naming Conventions

Searching for Leaven with Lamps: Symbolism and Function in Bedikat Ḥametz (Pesachim 7b-8a)

Pt3 ‘Leḥem Oni’ vs. Luxury: ‘The Bread of Affliction’ and the Halakhic Boundaries of Passover Matza (Pesachim 35b-37b)

Crowds, Crushes, and Censuses: Talmudic Historical Anecdotes of The Pilgrimage to Jerusalem for Passover in the Late Second Temple Period (Pesachim 64b)

Pharaoh’s Daughter Rescuing Moses in Exodus 2:6-9 (Sotah 12b)

Pt2 Creation, Exile, and Redemption: Daily Psalms Sung by the Levites in the Temple, and the Journeys of the Shekhina and the Sanhedrin (Rosh Hashanah 31a-b)

Pt1 Creation, Exile, and Redemption: Daily Psalms Sung by the Levites in the Temple, and the Journeys of the Shekhina and the Sanhedrin (Rosh Hashanah 31a-b)

Pt2 Tu Be-Av as Turning Point: Inter-Tribal Marriage, the End of Wilderness Death, National Memory, and the Division of the Land (Bava Batra 121a-122a)

Pt1 Tu Be-Av as Turning Point: Inter-Tribal Marriage, the End of Wilderness Death, National Memory, and the Division of the Land (Bava Batra 121a-122a)

Israel’s Dialogues With God in the Messianic Future, Patriarchal Advocacy and Lack Thereof, and Jacob’s Descent to Egypt (Shabbat 89b)

Pt2 Mitzvot, Repentance, and the Aftermath of the Golden Calf: A Theology of Human Action, Sin, and Divine Reciprocity from This World to the Next (Avodah Zarah 4b-5a)

Pt1 Mitzvot, Repentance, and the Aftermath of the Golden Calf: A Theology of Human Action, Sin, and Divine Reciprocity from This World to the Next (Avodah Zarah 4b-5a)

How Often Are the rabbis ‘Rabbi’, ‘Rav’, and Shmuel Mentioned in the Talmud?

Pt2 Public Reaping of the ‘Omer’, and Rabbinic Refutations of the Boethusian Interpretation of Leviticus 23:15–16 (Mishnah Menachot 10:3; Menachot 65a-66a)

Pt1 Public Reaping of the ‘Omer’, and Rabbinic Refutations of the Boethusian Interpretation of Leviticus 23:15–16 (Mishnah Menachot 10:3; Menachot 65a-66a)

Three Talmudic Stories of Cryptic Statements by Commoners Correctly Interpreted by the Biblical Mordechai (Menachot 64b-65a)

Tannaitic Derivations of ‘Hagashah’ for Meal-Offerings: A Case Study in Structure, Formula, and Talmudic Dialectical Argument Patterns (Menachot 60a-b)

A Sugya of Systematic Feature-Matching Between the ‘Omer’ Temple offering and Four Other Meal Offerings: A Case Study in Structuring Talmudic Lists (Menachot 59a-b)

Pt2 Torah As Text, the Status of Moses, and the Wealth of Biblical Prophets (Nedarim 37b-38a)

Pt1 Torah As Text, the Status of Moses, and the Wealth of Biblical Prophets (Nedarim 37b-38a)

Pt2 “If a person makes himself like [X], his study will endure”: Metaphors for the Character Traits Essential to Remembering Torah (Eruvin 54a-b)

Introducing a New Blogposts Index Table to Browse My Talmud Posts, Including the Corresponding Daf Yomi Date

From "Addir" to "Zeh": Repetitive Riddles, Symbolic Wordplay, and Biblical Allusions in R’ Ezra’s Homilies (Menachot 53a-b)

Pt1 “If a person makes himself like [X], his study will endure”: Metaphors for the Character Traits Essential to Remembering Torah (Eruvin 54a-b)

Intro to "Exile, Redemption, and the Hidden Hand of God: The Talmud’s Commentary on the Book of Esther in Megillah 10b-17a"

Purim Food Obligations: ‘Mishloach Manot’, Gifts to the Poor, Feasting, and Intoxication (Megillah 7a-b)

Talmudic Interpretations of the Book of Esther: Esther 8:16-10:3 (Megillah 16b)

The War-Anointed Priest’s Pre-Battle Motivational Address in Deuteronomy 20:2-7 (Mishnah Sotah 8:1-2)

Shabbat Observance and Its Rewards: 'Oneg Shabbat', Forgiveness, Protection from Exile, and Redemption (Shabbat 118a-b)

Pt2 Torah Study, Marriage, and Parental Obligation: Priorities, Ages, and the Torah as Antidote to the Yetzer Hara (Kiddushin 29b-30b)

Pt1 Torah Study, Marriage, and Parental Obligation: Priorities, Ages, and the Torah as Antidote to the Yetzer Hara (Kiddushin 29b-30b)

Pt2 Joshua’s Ban on Jericho, Hiel’s Losses, and Elijah’s confrontation with Ahab in 1 Kings 16-18 (Sanhedrin 113a-b)

Pt1 Joshua’s Ban on Jericho, Hiel’s Losses, and Elijah’s confrontation with Ahab in 1 Kings 16-18 (Sanhedrin 113a-b)

Introducing a New Talmudic Glossary

Introducing a High-Level Mapping of Jewish Law, by Major Topic: Bible, Mishnah, Mishneh Torah, and Shulchan Aruch

Pt3 Divine Names, Oaths, and Curses: Erasure, Sanctity, and Speech (Shevuot 35b-36a)

Pt2 Divine Names, Oaths, and Curses: Erasure, Sanctity, and Speech (Shevuot 35b-36a)

Pt1 Divine Names, Oaths, and Curses: Erasure, Sanctity, and Speech (Shevuot 35b-36a)

Pt2 ‘Lashon Hara’: Malicious Speech in the Talmud (Arakhin 15b-16a)

Pt1 ‘Lashon Hara’: Malicious Speech in the Talmud (Arakhin 15b-16a)

Purim Food Obligations: ‘Mishloach Manot’, Gifts to the Poor, Feasting, and Intoxication (Megillah 7a-b)

Pt3 Cities of Refuge: Geography, Access, Legal Procedure, and Theological Reflections (Makkot 9b-10b)

Pt2 Cities of Refuge: Geography, Access, Legal Procedure, and Theological Reflections (Makkot 9b-10b)

Pt1 Cities of Refuge: Geography, Access, Legal Procedure, and Theological Reflections (Makkot 9b-10b)

Pt2 The Shabbat Preparations of Babylonian Rabbis (Shabbat 118b-119b)

Improved Concordance of Biblical Figures in the Talmud

Pt1 The Shabbat Preparations of Babylonian Rabbis (Shabbat 118b-119b)

Pt2 Judah and Tamar in Genesis 38: A Story of Disgrace, Humility, and Salvation (Sotah 10a-b)

Pt1 Judah and Tamar in Genesis 38: A Story of Disgrace, Humility, and Salvation (Sotah 10a-b)

Talmud Text Segmentation: Toward a Semantically-Aware Hebrew-English Phrasal Alignment Pipeline at ChavrutAI

Pt2 Etymologies and Identifications of Biblical Figures in the Talmud: A Literary Analysis

Pt1 Etymologies and Identifications of Biblical Figures in the Talmud: A Literary Analysis

Interpreting the Aggada: Notes on a Talmud Blogging Project

Pt2 The Evil Inclination (‘Yetzer HaRa’) and Human Moral Struggle (Sukkah 52a-b)

Pt1 The Evil Inclination (‘Yetzer HaRa’) and Human Moral Struggle (Sukkah 52a-b)

Pt3 Solomon, Ashmedai, and the Shamir: Demonology, Temple-Building, and the Reversal of Royal Power (Gittin 68a-b)

Pt2 Solomon, Ashmedai, and the Shamir: Demonology, Temple-Building, and the Reversal of Royal Power (Gittin 68a-b)

Pt1 Solomon, Ashmedai, and the Shamir: Demonology, Temple-Building, and the Reversal of Royal Power (Gittin 68a-b)

Pt2 Elisha Narratives in II Kings 2-8, From Failure to Accompany to Failure to Reprove Gently: Jericho’s Youths, Bethel’s Bears, Gehazi, and the Principle of Measured Rejection (Sotah 46b-47a)

Pt1 Elisha Narratives in II Kings 2-8, From Failure to Accompany to Failure to Reprove Gently: Jericho’s Youths, Bethel’s Bears, Gehazi, and the Principle of Measured Rejection (Sotah 46b-47a)

Public Bible Reading, Translation, and Decorum: Regulating Sensitive Scripture in the Synagogue (Mishnah Megillah 4:10; Megillah 25a-b)

Policing Communal Worship: Form, Language, and the Boundaries of Legitimate Prayer (Mishnah Megillah 4:8-9; Megillah 24b-25a)

Leading Communal Prayer: Disqualification Due to Appearance, Pronunciation, and Disability (Mishnah Megillah 4:7; Megillah 24b)

How ChavrutAI Processes Numbers and Fractions in Talmud Text

Pt2 Hierarchy, Honor, and Challenge: The Dramatic Story of Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel vs. R’ Meir and R’ Natan and Its Aftermath (Horayot 13b-14a)

Pt1 Hierarchy, Honor, and Challenge: The Dramatic Story of Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel vs. R’ Meir and R’ Natan and Its Aftermath (Horayot 13b-14a)

Pt2 R’ Elazar ben Shimon: His Life and Afterlife (Bava Metzia 84b-85a)

Pt1 R’ Elazar ben Shimon: His Life and Afterlife (Bava Metzia 84b-85a)

Pt2 Meat, Moderation, and Means: ‘Derekh Eretz’, Dietary Restraint, Household Provisioning, and Economic Prudence (Chullin 84a-b)

Pt1 Meat, Moderation, and Means: ‘Derekh Eretz’, Dietary Restraint, Household Provisioning, and Economic Prudence (Chullin 84a-b)

Judging Favorably (‘Dan LeKaf Zechut’): Three Talmudic Anecdotes (Shabbat 127b)

Neonatal Care and Conditional Circumcision: Medical Observation, Harm Prevention, and Maternal Expertise (Shabbat 134a)

Anecdotes in Sukkah and Beitza: A Selected Anthology

Pt2 Anecdotes in Pesachim and Yoma: A Selected Anthology

Pt1 Anecdotes in Pesachim and Yoma: A Selected Anthology

Three-Year Retrospective: Structuring Aggadic Sugyot; Mapping My Posts to Ein Yaakov; and Reflections on Wikipedia, Grokipedia, and AI-Generated Knowledge Synthesis

Pt2 Anecdotes in Shabbat and Eruvin: A Selected Anthology

Pt1 Anecdotes in Shabbat and Eruvin: A Selected Anthology