Talmud tagged with ‘Take Ten for Talmud’

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Gittin82- Except for HIM

TTfT1310. A man divorced his wife with the words “You are permitted to everyone except for a certain man.”- The Sages say it is not a valid divorce. What must he do? He can take the document back and give it to her without conditions. If he wrote the condition into the Get, even if more »

Gittin88- On Standby to do a Mitzvah

TTfT 1316. Those roadblocks that Yeravam created so that Jews should not go to Yerusholayim for the festival, were removed by Hoshea (a later Israelite king). Nevertheless the Jews did not go to Yerusholayim for the festival. A “forced Get” is Kosher, if it was done by the Jewish court (according to Halacha). Abayei found more »

Sotah22- Female Attractiveness and the Quality Called Tzniyus

TTfT 1202. The Talmud has been dealing with cases of false piety. For example, a person makes it look like he is very pious and saintly, but really something else is going on. We gave examples of this in the last session. Here the Talmud digresses and discusses an authentic expression of piety. We can more »

Sotah31- The Message Between the Lines- Examples of Kisiv and Kiri

TTfT 1211. Sometimes in Torah a word is written one way, but our tradition indicates that it is meant to be pronounced or understood in a different way. Bible critics seize on such instances and say it must be a mistake. Yet careful study of the written and pronounced form yields secrets regarding the real more »

Sotah34- Yehoshua, Kaleiv, and the Israeli Ministry of Tourism

TTfT 1214. Moshe sent 12 spies into what would become the land of Israel asking them to bring back a report about the land. Ten of the spies brought back a bad report; they interpreted their findings in a way that would demoralize the people. (Yehoshua and Kaleiv insisted that the land was good and more »

BabaKama87- Damage Done by a Child

TTfT1485, Damage done by a child has special considerations. This is based on the idea that children have limited intelligence and self-control. And so, in a poetic sense, the Talmud states, “Encountering a child is bad. If they damage they are not liable. But if an adult damages them he will be liable.” What about more »