Ein Yaakov The Ethical and Inspirational Teachings of the Talmud

, by Chaviv, Rabbi Yaakov ibn; Finkel, Avraham Yaakov

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This is the only complete English translation of the classic Jewish text known as Ein Yaakov. Ein Yaakov is a collection of all the agaddah (the non-legal) material of the Talmud, compiled by Rabbi Yaakov ibn Chaviv, the fifteenth century talmudist. Scattered among the more than 2,700 pages of the Talmud, aggadah focuses on the ethical and inspirational aspects of the Torah way of life. Through a wealth of homilies, anecdotes, allegories, pithy sayings, and interpretations of biblical verses, it has been said that the aggadah brings you closer to God and his Torah.

Acknowledgments

xxv

Introduction

xxvii

Avraham Finkel

The Aggadot of the Talmud

xxxi

Rabbi Avrham

Essay on the Meaning of the Aggadot

xxxi

Every Theory Must Be Substantiated

xxxi

Dedication to the Truth

xxxii

Categories of Scriptural Interpretations

xxxii

Aggadic Anecdotes

xxxiii

Dreams Presented as Real Events

xxxiv

Exaggerations

xxxiv

Parables

xxxv

Allegories, Symbolism, and Parables

xxxv

Composites

xxxv

Summary

xxxvi

Tractate Berachot

(70)

The Time for the Shema of the Evening

(1)

The Three Night Watches

(1)

An Encounter with Elijah

(1)

More About the Night Watches

(1)

David's Harp

(1)

David's Piety and Humility

(1)

The Shema and the Shemoneh Esrei

(1)

Reciting Ashrei

(1)

The Angel Michael and Gabriel

(1)

The Bedtime Shema

(1)

The Meaning of Pain and Suffering

(2)

Proper Prayer

(1)

When Is the Shehinah Present?

(1)

God's Tefillin

(1)

Absent from Communal Prayer

(1)

A Permanent Synagogue Seat

(1)

The Main Reward for Certain Good Deeds

(1)

Cheering the Groom and Bride

(1)

God's Prayer

(1)

An Ordinary Person's Blessing

(1)

God's Anger Lasts an Instant

(1)

Why Do the Righteous Suffer?

(1)

They Praised God

(1)

The Names Reuben and Ruth

(1)

God's Blessing Are Never Rescinded

(1)

David and Absalom

(1)

Fighting Against the Wicked

(1)

Praying with the Congregation

(1)

What Does ``In the Time of Finding'' Mean?

(1)

The Four Cubits of Halachah

(1)

Sound Advice and Words of Wisdom

(1)

Discussion about the Exodus

(1)

The Shema and Shemoneh Esrei in the Morning

(1)

The First Two Psalms Are One

(1)

The Wisdom of Beruriah

(1)

A Heretic's Question

(1)

The Soul Is a Reflection of God

(1)

Isaiah and King Hezekiah

(1)

Elisha and the Shunammite Woman

(1)

How You Should Pray

(1)

The Berachot of Shema and Torah Study

(1)

Bowing in the Shemoneh Esrei

(1)

Praying for a Friend

(1)

Contrition Brings About Forgiveness

(1)

Mentioning the Exodus in Messianic Times?

(1)

Abram/Abraham and Sarai/Sarah

(1)

Various Aspects of the Shema and the Shemoneh Esrei

(2)

Seven Days Without a Dream

(1)

Added Prayers at the Conclusion of the Shemoneh Esrei

(1)

Sayings of the Rabbis

(1)

The Merits of Women

(1)

Farewell Wishes of Torah Scholars

(1)

The World is Sustained Because of Chanina

(1)

Do the Dead Have Knowledge of this World?

(1)

Making Disparaging Remarks about Torah Scholars

(1)

Birkat Hamazon---Grace After Meals

(1)

Prayer Requires a Clean Environment

(1)

Historical Background of the Shemoneh Esrei

(1)

The Conflict Between R. Gamliel and R. Yehoshua

(1)

Open Admission

(1)

R. Gamliel Apologizes

(1)

R. Nechunia's Prayer

(1)

R. Eliezer's Admonition

(1)

R. Yochanan b. Zakkai's Last Words

(1)

Why Eighteen Berachot?

(1)

The Berachah Relating to Heretics

(1)

Praying at the Right Time

(1)

Tefillat Haderech---The Wayfarer's Prayer

(1)

Facing Eretz Yisrael When Praying

(1)

Be in Awe Even When Rejoicing

(1)

Bidding Farewell with a Torah Thought

(1)

Hannah's Prayer

(1)

Young Samuel's Indiscretion

(1)

They Spoke Defiantly Toward God

(1)

The Power of Prayer

(1)

Four Things that Need Encouragement

(1)

A Dialogue Between Israel and God

(1)

The Pious Jew and the General

(1)

R. Chanina and the Lizard

(1)

Great Is Knowledge

(1)

Inappropriate Prayers

(1)

The Fear of Heaven

(1)

The Long and the Short of It

(1)

R. Chanina b. Dosa's Auspicious Prayers

(1)

The Glorious Rewards for Baalei Teshuvah

(1)

Berachot for Physical Pleasure

(1)

Combining Torah Study with Earning a Livelihood

(1)

A Regimen of Health

(1)

Don't Embarrass Others

(1)

Things Unbecoming for a Torah Scholar

(1)

The Bounty of Eretz Yisrael

(1)

Healthful and Harmful Foods

(1)

Zimmun, the Invitation for Birkat Hamazon

(1)

Who Is an Am Haaretz?

(1)

Birkat Hamazon at King Yannai's Banquet

(1)

More About Birkat Hamazon

(1)

What If You Forgot to Say Birkat Hamazon?

(1)

A Berachah Commemorating Miracles

(2)

Four People Who Must Offer Thanksgiving

(1)

Three Things That Shorten One's Life

(1)

The Wisdom of Betzalel

(1)

Dreams and Dream Interpretations

(1)

Bar Hedya, the Interpreter of Dreams

(1)

Dream Symbols

(1)

Dreams about Personalities

(1)

Three of a Kind

(1)

The Wisdom of Ben Zoma

(1)

The Berachah When Seeing Kings and Scholars

(1)

R. Sheshet and the Heretic

(1)

R. Shila and the Roman Officials

(1)

R. Chisda's Lament

(1)

Berachot For Good and Bad Tidings

(1)

A Donkey, a Rooster, and a Lamp

(1)

Mano'ach Followed His Wife

(1)

The Organs of the Body

(1)

The Good and Evil Inclinations

(1)

R. Akiva's Martydom

(1)

The Plague in David's Time

(1)

Don't Compete with Scholars

(1)

The Ordeal of the Sotah

(1)

Chananiah and the Two Scholars

(1)

God, Moses, the Torah, and the People of Israel

(1)

Hospitality

(1)

Bide Your Time

(1)

Bidding Farewell

(7)

Tractate Shabbat

(66)

Asking Questions about Unfamiliar Tractates

(1)

Preparing for Prayer

(1)

Judging Legal Cases

(1)

Mealtime Schedule

(1)

Divine Names

(1)

Notify the Recipient of a Gift

(1)

Teachings by Rava B. Mechasya

(1)

Fasting Because of a Bad Dream

(1)

Getting Ready for Shabbat

(1)

Visiting the Sick on Shabbat

(1)

Reading by the Light of an Oil Lamp

(1)

Death of the Young Scholar

(1)

Constant Miracles

(1)

Before the Destruction of the Bet Hamikdash

(1)

Taking Clothes to the Cleaner's

(1)

Wicks for the Shabbat Lamp

(1)

Lighting the Chanukah Menorah

(1)

The Mitzvah of Pei'ah

(1)

The Reward for Kindling Shabbat Lights

(1)

Getting Ready for Shabbat

(1)

Was the Tachash a Unicorn?

(1)

The Seeming Contradictions in Ecclesiastes

(1)

Contradictions in the Book of Proverbs

(1)

He Tried to Infuriate Hillel

(1)

Teach Me the Torah While I'm Standing on One Leg

(1)

The Fear of God Is Supreme

(1)

It's Never Too Late for Teshuvah

(1)

Niddah, Challah, and Shabbat Lights

(1)

Hazardous Situations for Men

(1)

Teshuvah and Good Deeds Save from Death

(1)

Why Do Children Die Young?

(1)

The Punishment for Various Failings

(1)

What Causes Hadrokan (Dropsy)?

(1)

What Cause Askara (Diphtheria, Croup)?

(1)

The Miracle of Rabbi Shimon b. Yocha'i

(2)

Pre-Shabbat Instructions

(1)

Miriam's Well

(1)

Lessons in Preventive Medicine

(1)

Elisha, the Man of the Wings

(1)

The Father Who Nursed His Son

(1)

R. Elazar's Cow

(1)

Admonishing Wrongdoers

(1)

The Letter of Life on Their Forehead

(1)

When Did the Merit of the Patriarchs Run Out?

(1)

Are Death and Suffering the Result of Sin?

(1)

Reuven's Impetuous Act

(1)

The Two Sons of Eli

(1)

Samuel's Sons

(1)

David and Bathsheba

(1)

Did King David Listen to Slander or Didn't He?

(1)

King Solomon

(1)

King Yoshiyahu (Josiah)

(1)

Golden Jerusalem

(1)

Calamity in a Cave

(1)

Right Before Left

(1)

Method for Talmud Study

(1)

The Proper Attitude for Torah Study

(1)

Don't Keep a Vicious Dog

(1)

The Wayfarer Forgot When It Is Shabbat

(1)

What Is an Amgusha?

(1)

Learn Astronomy

(1)

Remedies and Antidotes

(1)

Five Kinds of Fear

(1)

Questions and Answers about Biology

(1)

Don't Lecture on Kabbalistic Topics

(1)

Total Rejection of Idolatry

(1)

Don't Skip a Torah Lecture

(1)

Pre-Historic Agriculturists

100

(1)

When Did the Giving of the Torah Take Place?

100

(3)

Were They Forced to Accept the Torah?

103

(1)

Torah, the Raison d'Etre of the World

103

(1)

``We Will Do'' Before ``We Will Hear''

104

(1)

The Grandeur of Torah

104

(1)

The Dialogue Between Moses and the Angels

105

(1)

Satan Searching for the Torah

106

(1)

Satan's Deception

106

(1)

Why Is It Called Mount Sinai?

106

(1)

Isaac Strikes a Bargain With God

107

(1)

The Case of the Shabbat-Breaker

108

(1)

The Water Libation on Sukkot

108

(1)

Mourning the Death of an Upright Person

109

(1)

How to Honor Shabbat

109

(1)

The Magnificence of Ruth

110

(1)

The Miraculous Annihilation of Sancheriv's Army

111

(1)

A Torah Scholar Should Dress Meticulously

111

(1)

Who Is Considered a Torah Scholar?

112

(1)

Saving Sacred Books from a Fire on Shabbat

112

(1)

Burying the Translation of the Book of Job

112

(1)

The Seven Books of the Torah

113

(1)

Heretics and Minim

113

(1)

The Three Meals of Shabbat

114

(1)

Taking Delight in Shabbat

114

(1)

Saying by R. Yose

115

(1)

Meritorious Deeds

115

(1)

How the Great Sages Honored Shabbat

116

(1)

Yosef Who Honored the Shabbat

116

(1)

Why Do the Rich Become Prosperous?

116

(1)

The Magnificence of Shabbat

117

(1)

Responding ``Amen''

117

(1)

Why was Jerusalem Destroyed?

118

(1)

Torah Schools for Children

118

(1)

Hospitality

118

(1)

Judge Your Fellow Favorably

119

(1)

Caring for a Newborn on Shabbat

120

(1)

The Joyous Mitzvah of Milah

120

(1)

Elisha-the-Man-of-the-Wings

120

(1)

Postponement of Circumcision

121

(1)

The Torah Will Never Be Forgotten

121

(1)

The Bane of Corrupt Judges

122

(1)

The Adversities of Exile

122

(1)

He Forgot His Learning

123

(1)

Viewing Paintings

124

(1)

Bringing Punishment Down on One's Neighbor

124

(1)

What Business Talk Is Permitted on Shabbat?

124

(1)

The Power of a Day-Old Infant

125

(1)

Poverty is Like a Wheel

125

(1)

Tears of Grief and Laughter

125

(1)

The Infirmities of Old Age

126

(1)

What Happens After Death?

126

(1)

A Dialogue With a Deceased Tanna

127

(1)

A Heart-Rending Eulogy

128

(1)

Repent One Day Before You Die

128

(1)

God Has Pity on Dogs

129

(1)

Israel Is Not Susceptible to Planetary Infuences

129

(8)

Tractate Eruvin

137

(18)

Tabernacle and Sanctuary

137

(1)

Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth

137

(1)

R. Meir's Ineradicable Ink

137

(1)

Rabbi Meir's Brilliance

137

(1)

Bet Shammai and Bet Hillel

138

(1)

Aggadic Teachings of R. Yirmiyah b. Elazar

138

(1)

The Three Gates of Gehinnom

139

(1)

The Seven Names of Gehinnom

139

(1)

Don't Lose Hope on the Wicked

140

(1)

Biblical and Rabbinical Commandments

140

(1)

R. Akiva's Piety in Prison

140

(1)

Israel Declares Its Love of God

141

(1)

Solomon's Wisdom

141

(1)

Dedication to Torah Study

141

(1)

Divine Justice

141

(1)

The Body Must Follow the Head

142

(1)

Three Categories

142

(1)

Measuring Depth and Height

142

(1)

Launching a Counterattack on Shabbat?

142

(1)

Rav Disagrees with Shmuel

143

(1)

Later Generations Have Less Intellectual Grasp

143

(1)

Judeans More Articulate than Galileans

144

(1)

Outwitted by a Woman, a Girl, and a Boy

144

(1)

Study with a Loud Voice

144

(1)

Torah Is the Best Medicine

145

(1)

Enunciate Torah Thoughts and Prayers

145

(1)

How to Retain Your Torah Learning

146

(1)

The Transmission of the Oral Torah

147

(1)

The Dedicated Teacher's Reward

147

(1)

Mnemonic Signs

148

(1)

Was Ravina Insolent?

148

(1)

He Rendered a Decision in His Rabbi's Presence

148

(1)

Joshua's Shortcoming

149

(1)

When Is a Person Considered Drunk?

150

(1)

Halachot We Learned from R. Gamliel

150

(1)

Pray When Your Mind Is at Ease

151

(1)

The Night Is for Sleeping

151

(1)

Saying About Wine

152

(1)

They Respected the Rich

152

(1)

What Can We Learn from Animals?

152

(1)

The Foolish Heretic

152

(3)

Tractate Pesachim

155

(28)

What Is the Meaning of ``Or''?

155

(1)

Do Not Use Coarse Language

155

(1)

Your Vocabulary Says Who You Are

156

(1)

He Trapped the Treacherous Heathen

156

(1)

Don't Be a Bearer of Bad Tidings

156

(1)

People on a Mitzvah Mission Are Safe from Harm

157

(1)

Murder Idolatry and Incest, the Three Cardinal Sins

157

(1)

Maror, Bitter Herbs

158

(1)

Marrying a Kohen's Daughter

158

(1)

Indulging in Hedonistic Feasting

158

(1)

Marrying the Daughter of a Torah Scholar

159

(1)

The Ammei Haaretz's Hatred of Torah Scholars

159

(1)

A Topsy-Turvy World

160

(1)

God's Name Will Be One

160

(1)

Doing Mitzvot for Their Own Sake

160

(1)

Professions That Are Blessed with Success

161

(1)

A Roasted Goat on the Night of Pesach

161

(1)

The Lesson Learned from the Frogs

162

(1)

When Was Fire Created?

162

(1)

Ten Things, Seven Things, and Three Things

163

(1)

Shall We Recite: Baruch Shem Kovod Malchuto?

163

(1)

High-Handed High Priests

164

(1)

Is Lamb Better than Goat Meat?

164

(1)

Teach Me the Book of Genealogies

164

(1)

The Service of the Pesach Sacrifice

165

(1)

The Census of King Agrippas

165

(1)

Does the Offering of the Pesach Sacrifice Override Shabbat?

165

(1)

Arrogance and Anger

166

(1)

The Righteous Will Revive the Dead

166

(1)

The Luminaries in the World to Come

167

(1)

About Resurrection

167

(1)

Rejoicing and Feasting on Yom Tov

167

(1)

A Lesson in Proper Conduct

168

(1)

The Torah Protects the Jewish People

168

(1)

In Praise of Israel's Young Men and Women

169

(1)

The Prophet Hosea Is Admonished

169

(1)

The Evil King Jeroboam's Good Deed

170

(1)

Why Were the Jews Exiled to Babylonia?

171

(1)

The House of the God of Jacob

171

(1)

What Is the Size of the Earth?

171

(1)

Is the Zodiac Stationary or Moving?

172

(1)

The Orbit of the Sun

172

(1)

The Son of Holy Ones

172

(1)

Bring Cheer on Yom Tov

173

(1)

R. Akiva's Seven Instructions to His Son

173

(1)

Five Pieces of Advice by R. Akiva

173

(1)

Four Instructions by Rabbeinu Hakadosh

173

(1)

Three Instructions by R. Yishmael

174

(1)

Sound Business Advice

174

(1)

Wise Counsel

174

(1)

Various Categories of People

174

(1)

Canaan's Five Behests

175

(1)

Who Composed the Hallel?

175

(1)

Happiness a Prerequisite for Divine Inspiration

176

(1)

Historic Figure Who Sang the Hallel

176

(1)

Magein David, ``Shield of David''

176

(1)

The ``Great Hallel''

177

(1)

Man or Woman, Who Suffers More?

177

(1)

Malicious Gossip and Slander

177

(1)

Why Do We Say the Hallel?

177

(1)

They Emerged from the Furnace Unharmed

178

(1)

Why Did the Fish Praise God?

178

(1)

The Gifts of the Roman Empire Are Rejected

179

(1)

Rich Rewards for Students of Torah

180

(1)

What Happened to Egypt's Treasures?

180

(1)

A Responsive Dialogue in the Hallel

181

(1)

Who Will Say Grace at the Great Banquet?

181

(2)

Tractate Yoma

183

(38)

Sequestering the High Priest

183

(1)

Take Yourself

183

(1)

When Did Moses Ascend Mount Sinai

183

(1)

Don't Blurt Out Your Message

184

(1)

The Chamber of Parhedrin

184

(1)

Corrupt High Priests of the Second Bet Hamikdash

184

(1)

Why Was Shiloh Destroyed?

185

(1)

Why Was the First Bet Hamikdash Destroyed?

185

(1)

Why Was the Second Bet Hamikdash Destroyed?

185

(1)

Who Was Better: the Earlier or the Later Generations?

186

(1)

Why Was Prophecy Absent During the Second Temple?

186

(1)

The Fall of the Roman Empire

187

(1)

Don't Play with Fire

187

(1)

The High Priest Prepares for Yom Kippur Service

187

(1)

Why Does the Mishnah Omit the Goats?

188

(1)

The Oath of the High priest

188

(1)

The Sadducee High Priest

189

(1)

Staying Up All Night

189

(1)

The Kohen Gadol's Resonant Voice

189

(1)

The Ten Miracles

190

(1)

The Fire of the Altar

190

(1)

Six Kinds of Fire

191

(1)

Do Not Count the Jewish People

191

(1)

The Transgressions of Saul and David

192

(1)

King Saul

193

(1)

Taking Revenge and Bearing a Grudge

193

(1)

Offering the Incense Makes One Rich

193

(1)

The Patriarchs Study the Torah

194

(1)

Abraham Kept the Entire Torah

194

(1)

Things That Are Worse than Others

195

(1)

Esther, ``The Doe of Dawn''

195

(1)

The Order of the Daily Altar Service

195

(1)

The Diligence of Hillel

195

(1)

R. Elazar b. Charsom's Love of Torah

196

(1)

Joseph's Piety

196

(1)

The Kohen Gadol's Confessions

196

(1)

Blessing God's Name

197

(1)

The Gifts of King Munbaz Queen Helena and Nikanor

197

(1)

The Miracles of Nikanor's Doors

197

(1)

The Exclusive Information of the Garmu Family

197

(1)

The Secret Technique of the Avtinas Family

198

(1)

The Descendants of the Avtinas Family

198

(1)

Hugros and Ben Kamtzar

199

(1)

The Righteous and the Wicked

199

(1)

Heaven Assists Baalei Teshuvah

200

(1)

Miracles During Shimon Hatzaddik's Tenure

201

(1)

Harbingers of Calamity

201

(1)

The Seven Sons of Kimchit

201

(1)

Offering the Incense on Yom Kippur

202

(1)

The Hidden Ark of the Covenant

202

(1)

He Did Not Turn His Back

202

(1)

The Kohen Gadol's Prayer

203

(1)

Where Was the Holy Ark Hidden?

203

(1)

Shetiyah, the Foundation of the World

204

(1)

Leading Away the He-Goat

204

(1)

The Levites Did Not Worship the Golden Calf

204

(1)

The Strip of Red Wool

205

(1)

Don't Criticize Laws You Don't Understand

205

(1)

Shimon Hatzaddik Meets Alexander the Great

205

(1)

The Kohen Gadol Reads from the Torah

206

(1)

The Yetzer Hara of Idolatry

206

(1)

The Words Omitted by Jeremiah and Daniel

207

(1)

Saying about Torah Scholars

207

(1)

A Crushing Repartee

207

(1)

The Boards of the Tabernacle Were ``Standing Up''

207

(1)

The Three Crowns

208

(1)

The Proper Attitude Toward Torah Study

208

(1)

How Were the Urim and Tummim Consulted?

208

(1)

The Name ``Urim and Tummim''

209

(1)

The Hungry Eye

209

(1)

Different Interpretations of Biblical Verses

210

(1)

The Manna As Arbiter

210

(1)

The Discerning Manna

210

(1)

Eating at Regular Hours

211

(1)

Manna, ``Angel Food''

211

(1)

When Did the Manna Come Down in Daily Rations?

211

(1)

How Big was the Accumulation of the Manna?

211

(1)

Telltale Names

212

(1)

A Mad Dog

212

(1)

For What Sins Does Yom Kippur Provide Atonement

213

(1)

Four Kinds of Atonement

213

(1)

Chilul Hashem---Desecration of God's Name

213

(1)

The Greatness of Repentance

214

(1)

What Is a Baal Teshuvah?

214

(1)

Must the Sin Be Specified?

215

(1)

Moses and David

215

(1)

Aphorism

216

(1)

The Merit of the Fathers

216

(1)

Helping Others Do Mitzvot

216

(1)

When Does Yom Kippur Provide Atonement?

216

(1)

How to Ask Forgiveness

217

(4)

Tractate Sukkah

221

(12)

Did Moses and Elijah Ascend to Heaven?

221

(1)

Prayers Are Likened to a Shovel

221

(1)

A Sukkah on the Deck of a Ship

221

(1)

Visiting Your Rabbi on Yom Tov

221

(1)

He Changed the Subject

222

(1)

He Only Repeated His Rabbi's Teachings

222

(1)

R. Eliezer Imitated His Teacher's Ways

222

(1)

R. Yochanan b. Zakkai's Awesome Greatness

222

(1)

Solar and Lunar Eclipses

223

(1)

Sins That Cause Financial Losses

223

(1)

The King Paid the Toll

223

(1)

Remembering the Bet Hamikdash

223

(1)

One Lulav for Four Rabbis

223

(1)

Training Children to Observe the Mitzvot

224

(1)

A Dispute about Aravah

224

(1)

The Greatness of R. Shimon b. Yocha'i and His Son

224

(1)

There Is No Limit to How Much You Can Learn

224

(1)

The Water Libation

225

(1)

Shitin, the Deep Pits Beneath the Altar

225

(1)

Exegesis of Song of Songs 7:2

225

(1)

Charity and Acts of Kindness

225

(1)

Uncovered Liquids

226

(1)

The Rejoicing of Bet Hasho'evah

226

(1)

The Huge Synagogue of Alexandria

227

(1)

The Tragic End of the Jews of Alexandria

227

(1)

The Festivities of Bet Hasho'evah

227

(1)

Separate Seating

227

(1)

The Slaying of the Evil Impulse

228

(1)

Mashiach's Request

228

(1)

The Seven Names of the Evil Impulse

228

(1)

The Greater the Man, the Stronger His Yetzer Hara

228

(1)

More about the Yetzer Hara

229

(1)

A Traveler, a Guest, a Master of the House

229

(1)

Seven Shepherds and Eight Princes

229

(1)

The Chants of the Rejoicing of Bet Hasho'evah

229

(1)

His Feet Are Responsible for Him

230

(1)

Rabbis Performing Acrobatic Feats

230

(1)

They Were Kept Busy Around the Clock

230

(1)

The Songs of the Intermediate Days (Chol Hamo'ed)

231

(1)

The Seventy Bulls of Sukkot

231

(1)

Miriam, the Daughter of Bilgah

231

(2)

Tractate Beitzah

233

(6)

An Egg That was Laid on Shabbat

233

(1)

R. Eliezer's Prolonged Lecture

233

(1)

Two Ways of Celebrating Yom Tov

233

(1)

A Person's Income Is Fixed on Rosh Hashanah

234

(1)

Hillel and Shammai's Views on Shabbat

234

(1)

The Glorious Gift of Shabbat

234

(1)

He Evaded the Question

235

(1)

They Appeased the Marauders

235

(1)

R. Elazar b. Azariah's Cow

235

(1)

A Lesson in Good Manners

236

(1)

Why Was the Torah Given to Israel?

236

(1)

The Scrupulously Honest Storekeeper

236

(1)

Jews Are Compassionate

236

(3)

Tractate Rosh Hashanah

239

(16)

The Clouds of Glory Departed

239

(1)

Did Darius/Cyrus Have a Change of Heart?

239

(1)

In What Month Was the World Created?

240

(1)

When Were the Patriarchs Born?

241

(1)

Proof That Isaac Was Born on Pesach

241

(1)

They Were Remembered on Rosh Hashanah

242

(1)

Joseph Was Released on Rosh Hashanah

242

(1)

The Future Redemption

242

(1)

Four Judgment Days

242

(1)

Four Different Opinions

243

(1)

Omer, Two Loaves, and the Pouring of Water

243

(1)

Why Do We Blow the Shofar?

244

(1)

Sayings by R. Yitzchak

244

(1)

Three Books Are Opened on Rosh Hashanah

244

(1)

Three Groups on Judgment Day

245

(1)

Evildoers Will Go Down to Gehinnom

245

(1)

When Mitzvot and Sins Are Evenly Balanced

245

(1)

Who Are Jews That Sin with Their Bodies?

246

(1)

How Does God Tip the Scales of Justice?

246

(1)

Whose Transgressions Are Overlooked?

246

(1)

The Thirteen Attributes of Mercy

246

(1)

The Power of Teshuvah

247

(1)

Baluria, the Proselyte's Question

248

(1)

Torah and Kindness Overturn an Evil Decree

248

(1)

When Is God Accessible?

248

(1)

Like Sheep Passing in Front of Their Owner

249

(1)

The Messengers of the Bet Din

249

(1)

The Four Fasts

249

(1)

The Evil Decree Was Lifted

250

(1)

There Was No Prophet Like Moses

250

(1)

God Will Never Forgive Those Who Killed Jews

250

(1)

The Dispute Between R. Gamliel and R. Yehoshua

251

(1)

Treat Your Leaders with Respect

251

(1)

Everything Depends on Faith

252

(1)

The Psalm of the Day

252

(1)

The Gradual Withdrawal of the Shehinah

253

(1)

Malchiyot, Zichronot, and Shofarot

253

(1)

Why Don't We Say Hallel on Rosh Hashanah?

254

(1)

Tractate Megillah

255

(66)

The Five Hebrew Final Letters

255

(1)

Who Wrote the Targum?

255

(1)

Daniel's Vision

256

(1)

The Reading of the Megillah Takes Precedence

256

(1)

Joshua's Encounter with an Angel

256

(1)

Woman Required to Hear the Megillah

257

(1)

Roman Theaters Will Become Yeshivot

257

(1)

Predictions About the Murderous Character of Germany

257

(1)

If You Work Hard You Will Succeed

258

(1)

Don't Antagonize the Wicked

258

(1)

The Greek Translation of the Bible (Septuagint)

258

(1)

Why Only Greek?

259

(1)

Vayehi Introduces a Painful Story

259

(1)

The Reward for Tamar's Modesty

260

(1)

The Ark Took Up No Space

260

(1)

Discourses about the Book of Esther

260

(1)

Expounding Megillat Esther

261

(1)

Achashverosh

262

(1)

Achashverosh Ruled the World

263

(1)

Three World Rulers

263

(1)

Other Mighty Rulers

263

(1)

The Royal Banquet

263

(1)

Why Did They Deserve Punishment?

264

(1)

The Wine Served at the Banquet

264

(1)

Vashti's Humiliation

264

(1)

Vashti Dethroned

265

(1)

Achashverosh the Foolish King

265

(1)

Mordechai's Ancestry

265

(1)

Who Is a Jew?

266

(1)

Why Was Esther Called Hadassah?

266

(1)

Did Mordechai Marry Esther?

267

(1)

Modesty, a Genetically Transmitted Trait

267

(1)

The Plot

268

(1)

God Creates the Cure Before the Affliction

268

(1)

Haman, the Master Slanderer

268

(1)

Haman and Achashverosh, Partners in Crime

269

(1)

Why Don't We Say Hallel on Purim?

269

(1)

More Than Forty-Eight Prophets

269

(1)

The Seven Prophetesses

270

(1)

Jeremiah Brought Back the Ten Tribes

271

(1)

Teachings about the Seven Prophetesses

271

(1)

Who Was the Prophet Malachi?

271

(1)

Continuation of Exposition of the Megillah

271

(1)

Teachings R. Elazar in the Name of R. Chanina

272

(1)

The Reward of the Righteous

272

(1)

Continuing the Exposition of the Megillah

273

(1)

The Length of the Scepter

273

(1)

What Led Esther to Invite Haman?

273

(1)

The Tables Are Turned

274

(1)

Haman Meets Mordechai

274

(1)

Haman Parades Mordechai through the City Square

275

(1)

Haman Returns Home

275

(1)

Haman's Downfall

275

(1)

Joseph and His Brothers

276

(1)

Light, Gladness, Happiness, and Honor

276

(1)

The Ten Sons of Haman

277

(1)

Conclusion of the Megillah

277

(1)

Sending Delicacies to Friends and Gifts to the Poor

277

(1)

Drinking Wine on Purim

277

(1)

Hallel Must Be Recited in Sequence

278

(1)

The Shema Must be Recited in Sequence

278

(1)

The Shemoneh Esrei

278

(2)

We Are Forbidden to Change the Text of Prayers

280

(1)

You Must Stand When Reading the Torah

280

(1)

Moses' Position When Learning Torah

281

(1)

To What Do the Ten Verses Correspond?

281

(1)

Synagogues or Study Halls---Which Is Greater?

281

(1)

Selling a Torah Scroll

281

(1)

How Did They Attain Long Life?

282

(1)

The Shechinah Is with Us in Exile

283

(1)

The Shechinah Appeared in the Synagogue

284

(1)

The Sanctity of the Synagogue

284

(1)

Synagogues and Study Halls Transplanted to Eretz Yisrael

284

(1)

Haughtiness Is a Character Flaw

284

(1)

God's Humility

284

(1)

The Honor of Rolling Up the Torah Scroll

284

(1)

Following the Advice of a Heavenly Voice

285

(1)

Reading from the Torah with the Trop

285

(1)

Conclusion

285

(2)

Tractate Taanit

287

(1)

God's Power Manifest in the Rain

287

(1)

Three Keys

287

(1)

Wind and Dew

287

(1)

Torah Scholars

288

(1)

Three Who Made Improper Requests

288

(1)

Israel's Improper Request

289

(1)

Miraculous Rainfall in the Days of Joel

289

(1)

There Is a Jerusalem in Heaven

289

(1)

The Sin of Idolatry

290

(1)

Samuel, Saul, and David

290

(1)

Jacob Our Father Never Died

290

(1)

May Your Offspring Be Like You

291

(1)

Spotty Rainfall

291

(1)

The Berachah over Rain

291

(1)

The Importance of Rain

291

(1)

Torah Study

292

(1)

Torah Is Like Water, Wine, and Milk

292

(1)

More about Rain

293

(1)

Why Rain Is Withheld

293

(1)

The Student Had Trouble Understanding

294

(1)

The Bane of Evil Talebearing

294

(1)

The Well and the Weasel

295

(1)

Tzaddikim Are Judged Severely

295

(1)

Pray For One Thing at a Time

295

(1)

Good Intentions Count as Good Deeds

295

(1)

Rain and Sunshine

296

(1)

Blessings on Things Hidden From Sight

296

(1)

More about Rain

296

(1)

Give Tithes and You Will Become Rich

296

(1)

Resh Lakish's Astute Young Son

296

(1)

Rain May Fall for One Person

297

(1)

R. Papa's Distress

297

(1)

The Inexpensive Dates of Babylon

297

(1)

Where Does the Rain Come From?

297

(1)

Eretz Yisrael Was Created First

298

(1)

Jacob's and Joseph's Advice

298

(1)

Eat Very Little While Traveling

299

(1)

Sharing in the Suffering of Others

299

(1)

A Debate about Abstaining and Fasting

299

(1)

The Fairness of Divine Justice

300

(1)

Three Teachings

R. Elazar

300

(1)

Fast Days Because of Drought

301

(1)

The Speech of Admonishment

301

(1)

The Evil Decree Was Lifted

302

(1)

The Death of the Righteous Is Avenged

302

(1)

The Story of Nakdimon ben Gurion

302

(1)

Three for Whom the Sun Miraculously Shone

303

(1)

Gentle Like a Reed

303

(1)

Don't Go in Harm's Way

303

(1)

R. Adda b. Ahavah's Virtuous Practices

304

(1)

R. Huna's Good Deeds

304

(1)

Ilfa and R. Yochanan

304

(1)

Nachum of Gamzu's Afflictions

305

(1)

It's All for the Best

305

(1)

It Is the Person That Honors the Place

305

(1)

Kind Deeds Prevented Calamities

306

(1)

Abba Umana, the Righteous Surgeon

306

(1)

The Jailer Who Has a Share in the World to Come

306

(1)

King Josiah and Pharaoh Necho

307

(1)

Rainfall at the Proper Time

307

(1)

Choni Hame'agel, the Circle Drawer

308

(1)

Asleep for Seventy Years

308

(1)

The Righteous Abba Chilkiah

309

(1)

Chanin Hanechba, the Hidden One

310

(1)

He Prayed in Solitude

310

(1)

His Wishes Came True

310

(1)

A Unique Donkey

310

(1)

He Gave Everything to Charity

310

(1)

They Fasted and Prayed, but the Rain Did Not Come

311

(1)

The Famine Was Rescinded

312

(1)

Rava and King Shapur

312

(1)

R. Chanina ben Dosa

312

(1)

An Oven Full of Bread

313

(1)

The Heavenly Gift Was Taken Back

313

(1)

Vinegar Burns as Brightly as Oil

313

(1)

Other Miracles

313

(1)

He Resigned Himself to His Lot

313

(1)

The Sages Prayed for Rain

314

(1)

Shmuel Hakatan's Parables

315

(1)

It Rained in Lud

315

(1)

The Twenty-Four Ma'amadot

315

(1)

Why Did They Read the Story of Creation?

316

(1)

Four Fasts in One Week

316

(1)

They Outwitted the Guards

316

(1)

Five Calamities

316

(1)

The Noble Roman Officer

317

(1)

They Returned the Keys

317

(1)

The Happiest Days in the Year

317

(1)

Why Was the Fifteenth of Av a Yom Tov?

318

(1)

They All Danced in Borrowed Dresses

318

(3)

Tractate Moed Katan

321

(14)

Marking Graves

321

(1)

Weigh Your Actions

321

(1)

Why No Weddings on Chol Hamo'ed?

321

(1)

You Should Not Mix One Rejoicing with Another

322

(1)

They Ate on Yom Kippur

322

(1)

Reconciling Contradictory Passages

322

(1)

A Bizarre Blessing

323

(1)

Was This Blessing a Cliche?

323

(1)

To Teach or Not to Teach in Public

323

(1)

The Meaning of Cushite [Ethiopian]

324

(1)

A Tzaddik Can Annul God's Decree

325

(1)

David's Exemplary Character Traits

325

(1)

The Banned Scholar

325

(1)

They Pronounced a Ban

326

(1)

Matches Are Made in Heaven

326

(1)

R. Huna's Passing

326

(1)

R. Huna's Burial

327

(1)

Impasse at the Bridge

327

(1)

Eulogies

327

(2)

Tearing Keriah

329

(1)

She Mourned Too Much

329

(1)

The Death of the Righteous Atones

330

(1)

The Span of Our Life

330

(1)

It Depends on Mazzal

330

(1)

Is Death Painful?

331

(1)

Encounters with the Angel of Death

331

(1)

Laments and Dirges

331

(1)

They Comforted R. Yishmael

331

(4)

Tractate Chagigah

335

(18)

Two Learned Dumb Men

335

(1)

Abraham, the First Convert

335

(1)

R. Elazar b. Azariah's Lecture

335

(1)

R. Yose's Misstep

336

(1)

Yireh---Yeira'eh

336

(1)

Verses That Moved the Rabbis to Tears

337

(1)

Her Life Was Shortened by Mistake

337

(1)

Verses That Moved R. Yochanan to Tears

337

(1)

God Hides His Face

338

(1)

The Impudent Heretic

339

(1)

Three Tears

339

(1)

Visiting a Torah Scholar

339

(1)

The ``One-Day Scholar''

340

(1)

Sin-Offerings and Burnt-Offerings

340

(1)

A Crooked Thing Cannot Be Made Straight

340

(1)

Subjects That May Not Be Expounded

341

(1)

The Ten Creations of the First Day

341

(1)

The Light of the First Day

342

(1)

The Ten Instruments of Creation

342

(1)

Which Came First: Heaven or Earth?

342

(1)

The Pillars of the World

343

(1)

The Seven Heavens

343

(1)

Studying the ``Account of the Divine Chariot''

344

(1)

Where Do Brazen People Come From?

345

(1)

The Creation of Angels

345

(1)

Isaiah's Eighteen Curses

345

(1)

Were There Honest People Left in Jerusalem?

346

(1)

He Expounded on the ``Divine Chariot''

346

(1)

The Four Who Entered Pardes, ``the Garden''

347

(1)

Acher and Rabbi Meir

347

(1)

Acher's Death

348

(1)

How Could R. Meir Learn Torah from Acher?

348

(1)

He Ate the Fruit and Discarded the Peel

349

(1)

The Torah Protects the Godfearing Student

349

(1)

R. Akiva Emerged Unhurt

349

(1)

Committing a Sin in Secret

349

(1)

Don't Believe the Blandishments of the Evil Impulse

350

(1)

He Was Wrongfully Put to Death

350

(1)

The Miracle of the Showbread

351

(1)

The Fire of Gehinnom

351

(2)

Tractate Yevamot

353

(22)

How to Show Respect for the Bet Hamikdash

353

(1)

Bet Hillel and Bet Shammai Differ Regarding Yibbum

353

(1)

Rabbi Dosa and the Three Sages

354

(1)

Ammon and Moab Searched for the Torah Scroll

354

(1)

Sanctify Yourself by Abstaining from Permitted Things

355

(1)

Cautionary Rules to Protect the Torah

355

(1)

Interpretation of Deuteronomy 25:6

356

(1)

Sincere Converts

356

(1)

The Prospective Proselyte

356

(1)

Women Captives

357

(1)

The Prophet Isaiah and King Hezekiah

357

(1)

Martha Bribed the King

358

(1)

Three Things Moses Did on His Own

358

(1)

R. Akiva's 24,000 Students

359

(1)

The Blessings of Married Life

359

(1)

Love and Honor Your Wife

359

(1)

Business or Farming?

360

(1)

Be Careful When Choosing a Wife

360

(1)

He Married a Shrew

360

(1)

The Good and the Bad Wife

361

(1)

A Degraded Nation

361

(1)

Sayings from the Book of Ben Sirah

361

(1)

A Jew Has to Get Married

362

(1)

The Mitzvah of ``Be Fruitful and Multiply''

362

(1)

Childlessness

362

(1)

Why Were Our Patriarchs Barren?

362

(1)

The Mitzvah to Have Children

363

(1)

Peace Is a Great Thing

363

(1)

Was David's Lineage Questionable?

363

(2)

David's Decree Against the Gibeonites

365

(2)

Why Was the Tithe Taken Away from the Levites?

367

(1)

The Right of Eminent Domain

367

(1)

Elijah on Mount Carmel

367

(1)

Sheltering a Runaway Slave

367

(1)

He Did Not Give Credit to the Author

367

(1)

The Prophet Jonah

368

(1)

The Favors of the Wicked Are Bad for the Righteous

368

(1)

A Heavenly Decree Can Be Overturned

368

(1)

He Offended R. Yishmael b. R. Yose

369

(1)

Wise Counsel

370

(1)

Any Marriage Is Better than Being Single

371

(1)

When Is a Drowning Victim's Wife Allowed to Remarry?

371

(1)

Nechuniah's Daughter

372

(3)

Tractate Ketubot

375

(24)

The Great Deeds of the Tzaddikim

375

(1)

Why Do Fingers Have a Tip?

375

(1)

The Berachah at the Wedding Ceremony

375

(1)

Comforting the Bereaved

376

(1)

Inexpensive Shrouds for the Dead

376

(1)

They Wrote a Get Before Going to War

377

(1)

Dancing for the Bride

377

(1)

Funeral and Bridal Processions

377

(1)

Death Penalty

378

(1)

Child Neglect

378

(1)

Who Does Charity All the Time?

379

(1)

Don't Let the Waiter Go Hungry

379

(1)

The King Was Served Tainted Meat

379

(1)

Craving the Fruit Made Her Sick

379

(1)

The Harmful Effects of Sighing

379

(1)

He Forgot to Come Home

380

(1)

They Went to Learn Torah After Their Wedding

380

(1)

R. Akiva's Virtuous Wife

381

(1)

The Plight of Nakdiman b. Gurion's Daughter

381

(1)

Helping Orphans to Get Married

382

(1)

Support Him According to His Lifestyle

382

(1)

About Giving Charity

383

(1)

They Pretended to Be Poor

383

(1)

An Informal Greeting

384

(1)

Like a Bride

384

(1)

Acts of Kindness for the Dead

384

(1)

The Air of Eretz Yisrael Makes You Smart

384

(1)

Protection Against Infectious Disease

385

(1)

R. Yehoshua b. Levi and the Angel of Death

385

(1)

R. Chanina b. Papa and the Angel of Death

385

(1)

Permit Your Students to Serve You

386

(1)

Rabbi Yehudah Hanasi's Death

386

(1)

Why Did R. Chiya Not Become Rosh Yeshivah?

387

(1)

R. Chiya's Monumental Achievement

388

(1)

Rabbi Instructs His Son

388

(1)

The Angels Overpowered the Tzaddikim

388

(1)

Rebbi Raised His Ten Fingers

388

(1)

The Bane of Taking a Bribe

389

(1)

The Famine in R. Yosefs Time

390

(1)

The Sad Lot of a Poor Man

391

(1)

Live in Eretz Yisrael

391

(1)

The Three Oaths

391

(1)

The Benefits of Living in Eretz Yisrael

392

(1)

Eretz Yisrael and Babylonia

392

(1)

Revival of the Dead

392

(1)

Their Remains Were Brought to Eretz Yisrael

393

(1)

Will Illiterates Be Resurrected?

393

(1)

In Time to Come ...

394

(1)

The Abundant Harvest of Eretz Yisrael

394

(1)

An Intricate Calculation

395

(1)

Eretz Yisrael, the Bountiful

395

(1)

They Cherished Eretz Yisrael

396

(3)

Tractate Nedarim

399

(16)

Pronouncing God's Name in Vain

399

(1)

The Healing Sun Rays

399

(1)

The Commendable Nazir

399

(1)

Abstaining from Wine Is Sinful

400

(1)

Bashfulness

400

(1)

Refrain from Making Vows

400

(1)

The Evils of Anger

401

(1)

The Importance of the Mitzvah of Milah

401

(1)

Tzipporah Circumcised Her Son

401

(1)

Af and Cheimah, Two Avenging Angels

402

(1)

The Eminence of the Mitzvah of Milh

402

(1)

Pure and Simple Faith

402

(1)

Abraham's Shortcoming

403

(1)

Teachings Based on Gematria

403

(1)

Aids to Understanding the Torah

404

(1)

``Moses Prescribed the Torah to Us''

404

(1)

The Four Qualifications for a Prophet

404

(1)

All the Prophets Were Wealthy

405

(1)

The Mitzvah of Visiting the Sick

405

(1)

The Fate of Korach and His Party

406

(1)

The Sun and the Moon Defend Moses

406

(1)

A Visitor Takes Away a Sixtieth of the Sickness

406

(1)

Praying for the Sick

407

(1)

The Reward for Visiting the Sick

407

(1)

If You Have Knowledge You Have Everything

407

(1)

The Radiant Face of R. Yehudah b. Ila'i

408

(1)

Rabbi Akiva and His Exemplary Wife

409

(1)

How Did R. Akiva Become Wealthy?

409

(1)

A Lavish Wedding Banquet

410

(1)

The Torah Is a Gift

410

(1)

R. Tarfon's Brush with Death

410

(1)

Learn Torah out of Love

411

(1)

A Torah Scholar is Exempt from Paying Taxes

411

(1)

Annulment of Vows

412

(1)

Zedekiah's Rebellious Act

412

(1)

She Misunderstood

412

(1)

Why Was the Land Destroyed?

412

(3)

Tractate Nazir

415

(4)

How to Glorify God

415

(1)

Absalom Had a Haircut Once a Year

415

(1)

Why Is a Nazir Called a Sinner?

415

(1)

Bad Intentions Require Atonement

415

(1)

The Reward For Mitzvot

416

(1)

R. Meir's Quarrelsome Students

416

(1)

Was Samuel a Nazarite?

416

(3)

Tractate Gittin

419

(18)

Don't Browbeat Your Household

419

(1)

Guard Your Tongue

419

(1)

No Boisterous Singing

419

(1)

Forbearance and Restraint

419

(1)

No Laurels for the Bridegroom

420

(1)

Giving Tzedakah

420

(1)

Are the Persians Worse than the Romans?

420

(1)

The Scorching East Wind

421

(1)

She Inadvertently Swore Falsely

421

(1)

The Sin of the Golden Calf

421

(1)

He Retracted His Ruling

422

(1)

They Used Witchcraft to Stir the Pot

422

(1)

Resh Lakish Ourwitted the Lydians

422

(1)

Rabbi Meir Could Not Be Dissuaded

423

(1)

Kamtza and Bar Kamtza

423

(1)

The Great Jerusalem Famine

424

(1)

Give Me Yavneh and Its Torah Scholars!

424

(1)

Titus's Punishment

425

(1)

The Destruction of Tur Malka

426

(1)

The Tragic End of Betar

427

(1)

Nevuzaradan's Massacre

427

(1)

Tragedies of the Destruction of the Temple

428

(1)

Hannah and Her Seven Sons

428

(1)

Roman Atrocities

429

(1)

The Brilliant Young Prisoner

429

(1)

The Captive Brother and Sister

429

(1)

The Perfidious Apprentice

430

(1)

The Foremost Torah Scholar and Leader

430

(1)

Keeping the Peace

430

(1)

Rabbis Are Called Kings

431

(1)

The Unique Qualities of the Sages

431

(1)

R. Amram Chasida Caught a Cold

431

(1)

The Perceptive R. Sheshet

432

(1)

Solomon and Ashmedai, King of the Demons

432

(2)

Seven Idol-Worshipping Kings

434

(1)

The Charash and the Masgeir

434

(1)

Settle Disputes in Rabinnical Courts

435

(1)

Different Standards and Principles

435

(2)

Tractate Sotah

437

(52)

A Match Made in Heaven

437

(1)

Immorality

437

(1)

Washing Hands

437

(1)

Arrogance and Conceit

438

(1)

The Bane of Haughtiness

438

(2)

They Admitted Their Wrongdoing

440

(1)

Measure for Measure

440

(1)

They Craved Forbidden Things

441

(1)

Samson

442

(1)

Five People With Special Powers

443

(1)

Where Was Timnah Located?

443

(1)

How Did Abraham Make God Known?

443

(1)

Judah and Tamar

444

(1)

Absalom

445

(1)

The Reward for Good Deeds

445

(1)

Prelude to Egyptian Opression

446

(1)

The Egyptian Bondage

447

(1)

The Merit of the Righteous Women

447

(1)

Shifrah and Pu'ah, the Virtuous Midwives

448

(1)

The Birth of Moses

449

(1)

Moses Saved by Pharaoh's Daughter

450

(2)

Jocob's funeral

452

(1)

Joseph's Casket

453

(1)

The Final Days of Moses

454

(1)

Dust and Ashes

455

(1)

The Effects of Bitter Water

456

(1)

Torah Study Greater than Doing Mitzvot

456

(1)

Teaching Torah to Women

457

(1)

Fools, Frauds, and Felons

458

(1)

Who Is an Am Haaretz?

458

(1)

Hypocritical Women

459

(1)

False Piety

459

(1)

The Sotah Who Was Innocent

460

(1)

The Song of the Sea

460

(1)

Love and Fear of God

460

(1)

Sing Your Praises in a Low Voice

461

(1)

Do Angels Understand Aramaic?

462

(1)

The Crossing of the Jordan

462

(1)

The Chapter of the Spies

463

(1)

The Fertile Soil of Hebron

464

(1)

The Spies' Unfavorable Report

464

(1)

Uzzah's Error

465

(1)

How Was the Torah Inscribed on the Stones?

466

(1)

Blessings and Curses

467

(1)

The Fifty Letters

468

(1)

Joseph's Temptation

468

(1)

Benjamin's ten Sons

469

(1)

Pharaoh's Secret

469

(1)

When Did Judah Sanctify God's Name?

469

(1)

The Tribes at Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal

470

(1)

No Talking During Torah Reading

471

(1)

Birkat Kohanim, the Priestly Blessing

472

(1)

R. Abbahu's Humility

472

(1)

The King Reads from the Torah

472

(1)

The Evil of Flattery

473

(1)

The ``Kohen Anointed for Battle''

474

(1)

David and Goliath

474

(1)

The Lineage of Pinchas

475

(1)

A House, a Vineyard, and a Wife

476

(1)

How Does an Embryo Develop?

476

(1)

The Eglah Arufah

476

(1)

The Mitzvah of Escorting Someone

477

(1)

Elisha and the Bears

478

(1)

Elisha and Gechazi

478

(1)

Things That Came to an End

479

(1)

Corruption Leads to Moral Decay

480

(1)

Singing Lewd Songs Is Forbidden

481

(1)

Five Tragedies

481

(1)

When Did the Urim and Tumim Cease?

482

(1)

The Shamir

482

(1)

Men of Faith

483

(1)

Torah Scholars

483

(1)

How Does the World Continue to Exist?

483

(1)

Love of Children and Grandchildren

484

(1)

Anarchy before the Coming of Mashiach

484

(1)

Hatred Between Brothers

484

(5)

Tractate Kiddushin

489

(24)

If a Man Takes a Wife

489

(1)

Dreadful Consequences of an Invalid Divorce

489

(1)

The Hebrew Slave

489

(1)

R. Acha b. Yaakov, the Dragon Slayer

490

(1)

Learning Torah or Getting Married?

490

(1)

The Proper Age for Marriage

490

(1)

Teaching Torah to Children and Grandchildren

491

(1)

They Counted the Letters of the Torah

491

(1)

Impress the Torah on Your Children

491

(1)

Torah Is the Cure for the Yetzer Hara

491

(1)

The Yetzer Hara

492

(1)

Teach Your Son a Trade

492

(1)

Honor Your Father and Your Mother

492

(1)

The Story of Dama ben Netinah

493

(1)

Honoring Father and Mother

493

(1)

Should Rabban Gamliel Serve Drinks?

494

(1)

Stand Up Before the Aged

494

(1)

Standing Up Before Torah Scholars

495

(1)

How Long Did the Manna Descend?

495

(1)

The Seventh of Adar, Moses' Birthday and Yahrzeit

496

(1)

The Reward for Mitzvot

496

(1)

Acher's Apostasy

497

(1)

Three Who Resisted Temptation

497

(1)

The Tzaddik Who Benefits Others

498

(1)

Good Intentions Are Rewarded

498

(1)

The Sin of Desecrating God's Name

499

(1)

One Mitzvah Tips the Scale

499

(1)

Tzaddikim Are Compared to a Tree

499

(1)

Which is Greater: Learning or Practice?

500

(1)

He Is Not Civilized

500

(1)

Literal Translation Is Misleading

500

(1)

Ten Measures Came Down to the World

500

(1)

They Grabbed at the Showbread

501

(1)

Reverse God and Torah Scholars

501

(1)

R. Meir's Contentious Students

501

(1)

The Rabbis' Field

501

(1)

King Yannai and the Sages

502

(1)

Is This Kohen's Service Valid?

502

(1)

Eretz Yisrael Higher than All Countries

502

(1)

Illegitimate Children Went Up with Ezra

503

(1)

Objectionable Matches

503

(1)

He Charges Others with His Own Defects

504

(1)

Pure Family Tree

505

(1)

Proselytes

505

(1)

The Pronunciation of the Divine Name

506

(1)

He Refused to Marry R. Yochanan's Daughter

506

(1)

The Mark of Unblemished Roots

506

(1)

The Persian Bear

507

(1)

Ezekiel's Lament

507

(1)

No Need to Check Her Genealogy

507

(1)

The Warriors in King David's Army

508

(1)

Tempted by Satan

508

(1)

Plimo and Satan

508

(1)

Unintentional Sins Require Atonement

509

(1)

Good and Bad Vocations

509

(1)

Torah the Best Occupation

509

(1)

Lowly Professions

509

(4)

Tractate Baba Kamma

513

(12)

Prevention of Accidents

513

(1)

Jeremiah, Victim of Malicious Slander

513

(1)

They Paid Tribute to King Hezekiah

513

(1)

Learning Torah and Giving Tzedakah

514

(1)

The Flax Caught Fire

514

(1)

If You Want to Be Pious

514

(1)

Greeting Queen Shabbat

514

(1)

Ulla's Condolence

514

(1)

The Well-Digger's Daughter

515

(1)

He Threw Stones into Public Grounds

515

(1)

A Bad Leader for a Bad Flock

515

(1)

``It Will Be Good for You''

515

(1)

Dreaming of the Letter Tet

516

(1)

He Had Black Shoelaces

516

(1)

Calamity Strikes Tzaddikim First

516

(1)

When Plague and Famine Strike

517

(1)

A No-Win Situation

517

(1)

His Sinful Behavior Struck Roots

517

(1)

Marking the Vineyard

517

(1)

The Thief and the Holdup Man

518

(1)

Hatred Between Royal Brothers

518

(1)

Studying Greek Culture

518

(1)

The Blind Are Exempt from Observing Mitzvot

519

(1)

The Offender Must Placate the Injured Person

519

(1)

Praying for Someone Else

520

Together with the Thorns the Cabbage Is Pulled

519

(1)

Why Was Judah Mentioned Twice?

520

(1)

The Importance of a Wholesome Breakfast

520

(1)

Popular Sayings

521

(1)

Sarah Blamed Abraham

522

(1)

Robbers and Usurers Who Want to Make Amends

522

(1)

The Inscription on the Coins

522

(1)

R. Kahane's Encounter with R. Yochanan

522

(1)

Robbery Is Like Taking a Life

523

(1)

Accepting Donations from Women

524

(1)

Tractate Baba Metzia

525

(22)

The Worker's Right to Resign

525

(1)

He Identified the Lost Get

525

(1)

Examine the Claimant

525

(1)

Don't Lend a Borrowed Sefer Torah

525

(1)

Don't Squander Your Inheritance

525

(1)

Acts of Kindness

526

(1)

Admonish Your Neighbor

526

(1)

Father or Teacher, Who Comes First?

526

(1)

Studying Gemara Is Supreme

526

(1)

Blessing Comes on Things That Are Not Measured

527

(1)

Your ``Yes'' Should Be Honest

527

(1)

Hurting Someone's Feelings

527

(1)

Publicly Embarrassing Others

528

(1)

When Should You Follow Your Wife's Advice?

528

(1)

Three Serious Crimes

529

(1)

Sustenance Is the Basis of Domestic Peace

529

(1)

Blessing Is Bestowed Because of Your Wife

529

(1)

The Torah Is Not in Heaven

529

(1)

R. Eliezer Excommunicated

530

(1)

Unfair and Deceptive Practices

531

(1)

Honesty in Weights and Measures

531

(1)

The Exodus as Reason for Observance of Mitzvot

531

(1)

Your Own Life Takes Precedence

532

(1)

Ill-Gotten Gains Will Be Lost

532

(1)

Never Lend Money Without Witnesses

532

(1)

It Was Their Own Fault

532

(1)

Beyond the Letter of the Law

533

(1)

The Sun Rises for Tzaddikim

533

(1)

R. Shimon b. Elazar Arrests Thieves

533

(1)

The Impudent Laundryman

533

(1)

R. Yochanan's Special Radiance

534

(1)

R. Yochanan and Resh Lakish

534

(1)

R. Elazar's Agony and Vindication

535

(1)

His Delayed Burial

535

(1)

R. Elazar b. R. Shimon, the Superior Torah Scholar

536

(1)

``Suffering Is a Precious Thing''

536

(1)

Why Did Rebbi's Suffering Come and Leave?

537

(1)

The Wayward Son Became a Torah Sage

537

(1)

The Torah Returns to Its Familiar Lodging

538

(1)

One Hundred Fasts

538

(1)

Why Was Eretz Yisrael Ruined?

538

(1)

R. Chiya, the Consummate Educator

538

(1)

A Celestial Seating Arrangement

539

(1)

His Blindness Was Cured

539

(1)

An Attempt to Bring Mashiach

539

(1)

The Book of Adam

539

(1)

Rabbah b. Nachmani's Death

540

(1)

The Banquet of King Solomon

541

(1)

The Meal Abraham Served His Guests

541

(1)

Abraham and the Three Angles

541

(2)

Abraham and Sarah

543

(1)

Domestic Peace Is a Precious Thing

543

(1)

The Skeptics Were Silenced

543

(1)

They Prayed for Old Age and Sickness

543

(1)

A Field Close to the City

544

(1)

Medical Advice

544

(1)

The Benefits of a Wholesome Breakfast

544

(1)

He Refused to Chop Down His Trees

545

(1)

The Exquisite Fragrance of Gan Eden

545

(2)

Tractate Bava Batra

547

(48)

The Glory of the Second Bet Hamikdash

547

(1)

Why Did Herod Rebuild the Bet Hamikdash?

547

(1)

Should Torah Scholars Be Exempt from Paying Taxes?

548

(1)

He Did Not Want to Benefit from the Torah

549

(1)

Redemption of Captives

549

(1)

Collectors of Charity

550

(1)

They Will Shine like the Stars

550

(1)

To Investigate or Not to Investigate

550

(1)

Reflections on Tzedakah

550

(1)

R. Akiva's Answer to Turnus Rufus

551

(1)

The Magnificence of Tzedakah

552

(1)

Withholding Tzedakah

552

(1)

Tzedakah Saves from Death

552

(1)

The Perfect Way of Giving Tzedakah

553

(1)

A Topsy-Turvy World

553

(1)

Tzedakah Will Uplift a Nation

554

(1)

He Fed the Hungry during a Famine

555

(1)

The Wise King Monobaz

555

(1)

Prophecy Given to Wise Men

555

(1)

Prophecy Given to Fools and Children

555

(1)

Hosea, the First of the Prophets

556

(1)

Who Wrote the Books of Tanach?

556

(1)

Who Wrote the Final Eight Verses of the Torah?

556

(1)

Who Was Job?

557

(2)

The Book of Job

559

(1)

Satan, the Evil Impulse, and the Angel of Death Are Identical

559

(1)

They Meant to Act for the Sake of Heaven

560

(1)

Job Sinned in His Thoughts

560

(1)

How Did Job's Friends Know of his Trouble?

561

(1)

Job's Daughters

561

(1)

How Was Abraham Blessed?

562

(1)

Bakol, Mikol, Kol

562

(1)

Yehoshua b. Gamla, Founder of Universal Education

563

(1)

Guidelines for Educators

563

(1)

R. Adda b. Ahava's Untimely Death

564

(1)

Which Way do we Face When Praying?

565

(1)

Theories about the Winds and the Path of the Sun

565

(1)

Turn South for Wisdom, North for Wealth

566

(1)

The Territory Subject to Tithing

566

(1)

He Avoids Temptation

566

(1)

A Torah Scholar's Dinner Table

567

(1)

He Saw Abraham and Sarah

567

(1)

R. Banaah's Ingenuity

567

(1)

Commemorating the Destruction of the Bet Hamikdash

568

(1)

The Wondrous Voyages of Rabbah b. Bar Chanah

569

(3)

The Leviathan

572

(1)

The Male and Female Leviathan

572

(1)

Defeat of the Leviathan

573

(1)

The Great Banquet for the Tzaddikim

573

(1)

In Time to Come ...

574

(1)

The Jerusalem of the Future

575

(1)

The Ultimate Calculation

575

(1)

A Tzaddik Resembles a Date Palm and a Cedar

576

(1)

Honest Weights and Measures

576

(1)

Stockpiling Produce

577

(1)

Do Not Move Away from Eretz Yisrael

577

(1)

Boaz Is Ibzan

577

(1)

The Names of Abraham's and Samson's Mothers

578

(1)

Why Were Elimelech and his Sons Punished?

578

(1)

R. Yochanan Remembered

578

(1)

Machlon and Kilion

578

(1)

The Older, the Better

579

(1)

His Wife Will Cut Him Down to Size

579

(1)

Unacceptable Behavior

580

(1)

The Priest of Micah's Idolatrous Temple

580

(1)

Marry into a Respectable Family

580

(1)

Jonathan Did Teshuvah

581

(1)

A Son Takes his Father's Place

581

(1)

He commented on Death, Poverty, and Sickness

581

(1)

The Children of Joseph's Complaint

582

(1)

Joshua and Caleb Inherited the Shares of the Spies

582

(1)

Good Things Come About Through Good Men

582

(1)

The Grievance of Tzelofchad's Daughters

583

(1)

Tzelofchad's Daughters

583

(1)

Motherhood at a Hundred and Thirty Years of Age

583

(1)

Tzelofchad's Daughters Were Alike

584

(1)

The Fifteenth of Av and Yom Kippur

584

(1)

From Adam to Eternity

585

(1)

How Was Eretz Yisrael Apportioned?

585

(1)

One Portion for the King Mashiach

586

(1)

A Fair Distribution of the Land

586

(1)

The Shares of Joshua and Caleb

586

(1)

Rachel and Leah

587

(1)

Seventy People Entered Egypt

588

(1)

Joseph's Flame Will Consume the Seed of Esau

588

(1)

Disinherit a Wayward Child?

588

(1)

Shammai Confronts Yonatan b. Uziel

589

(1)

A Firstborn Girl Is a Good Sign

589

(1)

Different Categories of Sages

589

(1)

All the Days of a Poor Man Are Bad

590

(1)

R. Yitzchak b. Avdimi's Weather Predictions

590

(1)

Talebearing

590

(5)

Tractate Sanhedrin

595

(114)

The Exilarch, Head of Babylonian Jews

595

(1)

Justice Should Be Done

595

(1)

The Golden Calf

596

(1)

May a Judge Recommend a Settlement?

596

(1)

Wise Sayings

596

(1)

An Honest and Impartial Judge

597

(1)

An Unqualified Judge

598

(1)

Exemplary Judges

598

(1)

Instructions to Judges

598

(1)

A Leader Must Have Clout

599

(1)

Saving Others from Embarrassment

599

(1)

Two Who Were Worthy to Be Prophets

600

(1)

Semichah, Rabbinical Ordination

600

(1)

Moses Casts Lots

601

(1)

The Prophecy of Eldad and Medad

602

(1)

Ten Things a City Must Provide

602

(1)

Hierarchy of Leaders

603

(1)

King Jannai and Shimon b. Shetach

603

(1)

How Could David Marry Two Sisters?

603

(1)

Raising an Orphan Is Like Giving Birth to Him

604

(1)

They Subdued Their Passion

604

(1)

Abner's Death

605

(1)

Appointing a King

605

(1)

Solomon's Shrinking Reign

606

(1)

David's Wives

606

(1)

Amnon and Tamar

607

(1)

King Solomon

607

(1)

The King's Torah Scrolls

607

(1)

The Language and Writing System of the Torah

608

(1)

The Heartbreak of Divorce

608

(1)

Grieving for the Loss of a Spouse

609

(1)

They Sought Good Company

609

(1)

Scholars of Eretz Yisrael and Babylonia

609

(1)

Hypocrisy and Arrogance

610

(1)

The Kindhearted Tax Collector

610

(1)

Confrontation of Resh Lakish and Two Rabbis

610

(1)

Shevna's Betrayal

611

(1)

Punishment for the Sins of Others

612

(1)

Warning to Witnesses

612

(1)

Courtroom Procedure

612

(1)

Seek Out the Most Eminent Bet Din

613

(1)

Like a Hammer That Shatters the Rock

613

(1)

Even the Sinners in Israel Abound in Mitzvot

613

(1)

Admonishing the Witnesses

613

(1)

The Murderer Was Bitten by a Snake

614

(1)

Cain's Fratricide

615

(1)

Exile Brings About Atonement

615

(1)

Where Wine Enters, Counsel Departs

615

(1)

How Was God's Righteousness Manifest?

615

(1)

Why Was Adam Created Alone?

616

(1)

Why No Two People Look Alike

616

(1)

The Creation of Adam and Eve

616

(1)

Chronology of Adam's First Day

617

(1)

God Consults with the Angels

617

(1)

Arguing with Non-Believers

617

(1)

Why Was Adam's Rib Removed Surreptitiously?

618

(1)

Rabban Gamliel Debates the Roman Emperor

619

(1)

R. Abbahu Squelches the Heretic

619

(1)

Rejoicing at the Downfall of the Wicked

620

(1)

Ahab's Death

620

(1)

The Prophet Obadiah

621

(1)

Why Did Obadiah Prophesy Against Edom?

621

(1)

Sanctification of the New Moon

622

(1)

The Condemned Man's Final Drink

622

(1)

God Desires a Humble Spirit

622

(1)

The Condemned Man's Confession

622

(1)

Achan's Theft

623

(1)

Achan's Punishment

624

(1)

Joshua Challenges God

624

(1)

Joshua Faulted for the Defeat at Ai

624

(1)

Torah Study Greater than Offering the Tamid

625

(1)

The Angel Gabriel

625

(1)

Achan and Zimri Are One and the Same

625

(1)

If the Witnesses Disavowed Their Testimony

626

(1)

The Deceased Should Not Remain Unburied Overnight

626

(1)

The Mitzvah of Burial in the Ground

627

(1)

Do Eulogies Honor the Living or the Dead?

627

(1)

Don't Bury a Wicked Man Beside a Tzaddik

628

(1)

Who Inherits an Executed Rebel?

628

(1)

The Afflictions David Wished on Joab

629

(1)

The Interrogation of Joab

629

(1)

Joab Killed Abner and Amasah

630

(1)

A Kohen's Adulterous Daughter

630

(1)

Nadav and Avihu

630

(1)

The Seven Laws of Morality for Mankind

631

(1)

Striking a Jew Is Like Striking the Shechinah

631

(1)

Adam Was Not Allowed to Eat Meat

632

(1)

Turnus Rufus Questions R. Akiva

632

(1)

Occult Practices

632

(1)

Bewitched

633

(1)

Where Did All the Frogs Come From?

633

(1)

R. Eliezer's Final Words

633

(1)

Juvenile Fathers

634

(1)

The Boon and Bane of Wine

634

(1)

Solomon Reprimanded by His Mother

635

(1)

The Wayward and Rebellious Son

635

(1)

The Apostate City

636

(1)

The Torah Anticipated the Outcome

636

(1)

Don't Delay Marrying Off Your Daughter

636

(1)

A Tactful Reminder

636

(1)

Criteria for Righteousness

636

(1)

The Judicial System

637

(1)

The Qualifications of a Judge

637

(1)

A True and a False Prophet

637

(1)

The Punishment for Unauthorized Prophecies

638

(1)

Withholding a Prophetic Message

639

(1)

Prelude to the Akeidah

639

(1)

Everyone Has a Share in the World to Come

640

(1)

Quid Pro Quo

640

(1)

Allusions to the Resurrection in the Torah

640

(2)

Rebbis Debating Skeptics

642

(1)

Defending Our Claim to Eretz Yisrael

642

(1)

Body and Soul

643

(1)

Antoninus Questions Rebbi

644

(1)

The World to Come

644

(1)

Biblical Allusions to the Resurrection of the Dead

645

(1)

Do Not Withhold Torah from Anyone

645

(1)

Various Teachings of R. Elazar

645

(1)

After the Righteous Are Resurrected

646

(1)

Who Were the People Ezekiel Resurrected?

646

(1)

Chananiah, Mishael, and Azariah in the Fiery Furnace

647

(1)

Where Was Daniel?

648

(1)

Two False Prophets

648

(1)

The Six Blessings of Ruth's Descendants

649

(1)

David's Blessings

649

(1)

The Blessings of Mashiach

650

(1)

Daniel, Chananiah, Mishael, and Azariah's Blessings

650

(1)

What Was Nehemiah's Lapse?

650

(1)

The Coming of Mashiach

651

(1)

Jethro Praised God

651

(1)

Hezekiah and Sancheriv

652

(1)

The Lost Ten Tribes

652

(1)

The Destruction of Sancheriv's Army

652

(1)

The Wicked Sancheriv

653

(1)

Why Was Sancheriv Punished?

653

(1)

God Swears to Destroy Sancheriv's Legions

653

(1)

Hezekiah's Magnificent Achievements

654

(1)

Sancheriv's Ten Advances

654

(1)

Sancheriv's Fatal Mistake

655

(1)

David's Narrow Escape

655

(1)

Three People for Whom the Earth Shrank

656

(1)

The Decimation of Sancheriv's Forces

656

(1)

How Did the Angel Slay the Assyrians?

657

(1)

The Assassination of Sancheriv

657

(1)

Abraham's War Against the Four Kings

658

(1)

Why Did Nebuchadnezzar Succeed?

658

(1)

A Son Honors His Father, a Servant His Master

659

(1)

The Conquest of Jerusalem

660

(1)

Enemies Who Became Righteous Converts

660

(1)

They Persuaded Nebuchadnezzar to Attack Jerusalem

660

(1)

The Advent of Mashiach

661

(1)

Calculating the Time of the Redemption

662

(1)

The Thirty-Six Tzaddikim

663

(1)

If All Jews Repent, Mashiach Will Come

663

(1)

Portents of the Arrival of Mashiach

664

(1)

When Will Mashiach Come?

665

(1)

The Birth Pangs of Mashiach

665

(1)

Mashiach's Identity

666

(1)

The Length of the Messianic Era

666

(1)

The Rewards of the Messianic Era

667

(1)

Contempt of the Torah

668

(1)

Reviewing Your Torah Learning

668

(1)

Menasheh Ridiculed the Torah

668

(1)

Torah Study for its Own Sake

669

(1)

What Is an Apikoros?

669

(2)

The Healthful Leaves

671

(1)

The Reward Awaiting the Righteous

671

(1)

The Book of Ben Sira

671

(1)

Irreverence Toward the Torah

672

(1)

R. Eliezer's Final Illness

672

(1)

Jeroboam, Son of Nevat

673

(1)

Three Who Misinterpreted an Omen

673

(1)

The Sins of Jeroboam

674

(1)

Jeroboam and Achiyah the Shilonite

675

(1)

Jeroboam Split the Jewish Nation

675

(1)

Jeroboam Unwilling to Repent

675

(1)

The Wickedness of Ahab

676

(1)

Menasheh Excluded from the World to Come

677

(1)

Interpretations of Four Puzzling Passages

678

(1)

R. Chisda Interprets Passages

678

(1)

Three Baraitot About Wicked Individuals

678

(1)

Hospitality to Travelers

679

(1)

Why Were They Not Excluded from the World to Come?

679

(1)

He Carried Hospitality Too Far

680

(1)

The Two Astute Captives

680

(1)

Expositions of Passages of the Book of Lamentations

680

(1)

Solomon's Portion in the World to Come

681

(1)

The Jews Defying the Prophet

682

(1)

Balaam

683

(1)

Balaam's Blessings

683

(1)

Balaam's Final Words

683

(1)

Balaam's Death

683

(1)

Doeg and Achitophel

684

(1)

David and Bathsheba

685

(1)

David Prays for Forgiveness

686

(1)

David's Suffering

686

(1)

Geichazi

686

(1)

They Have No Share in the World to Come

687

(1)

The Generation of the Flood

688

(1)

Why Were They Punished with Water?

688

(1)

The Perversion of the Generation of the Flood

688

(1)

Noah's Righteousness

689

(1)

The Great Flood

689

(1)

The Ark

690

(1)

After the Flood

690

(1)

Caring for the Animals in the Ark

690

(1)

The Miracle of Nachum Ish Gamzu

691

(1)

The Tower of Babel

691

(1)

The Evil of Sodom

692

(1)

The Crooked Laws of Sodom

692

(1)

Eliezer in Sodom

693

(1)

Korach

693

(1)

A Wise Wife and a Foolish One

694

(1)

The Rebellion

694

(1)

The Evil of Challenging Torah Authorities

694

(1)

Korach's Wealth

695

(1)

The Fate of Korach

695

(1)

The Fate of Korach's Sons

695

(1)

The Generation of the Wilderness

696

(1)

The Fate of the Ten Tribes

696

(1)

Does a Baby Enter the World to Come?

697

(1)

R. Yochanan's Sympathetic Interpretations

697

(1)

Moses Questions God's Ways

697

(1)

The Divine Attribute of Slow to Anger

698

(1)

The Wayward City

698

(1)

The Great Drought in Ahab's Days

699

(10)

Tractate Makkot

709

(10)

Repayment of an Unspecific Loan

709

(1)

Zomemim, the ``Plotting Witnesses''

709

(1)

A Harmful Tribunal?

709

(1)

The Cities of Refuge

709

(1)

Torah Study Affords Protection

710

(1)

Moses Cherished the Mitzvot

710

(1)

Learning Torah with Study Partners

711

(1)

Torah Study Surpasses Temple Service

711

(1)

The Unintentional Murderer

711

(1)

The Mothers of the Kohen Gadol

712

(1)

The Curse of a Torah Scholar

712

(1)

The Errors of Joab and Rome's Guardian Angel

712

(1)

The Greatness of Torah Scholars

713

(1)

The Strap Used for Flogging

713

(1)

Abstaining Sin Is Like Doing a Mitzvah

713

(1)

Heaven Agrees with the Earthly Bet Din

714

(1)

Three Divine Manifestations

714

(1)

David's Eleven Fundamental Principles

714

(1)

Isaiah's Six Fundamental Principles

715

(1)

Micah's Three Fundamental Principles

715

(1)

Emunab, Faith, the Single All-Encompassing Mitzvah

715

(1)

The Prophets Reversed Moses' Dire Predictions

716

(1)

Akiva, You Have Comforted Us!

716

(3)

Tractate Shevuot

719

(6)

Enlarging Jerusalem and the Temple Courtyards

719

(1)

Intent Is All that Matters

719

(1)

The Orchestra of the Thanks-Offering

719

(1)

Healing by Incantation

719

(1)

Tabernacle---Sanctuary

719

(1)

Separation from Impurity

720

(1)

``Remember'' and ``Safeguard'' the Shabbat

720

(1)

Impartial Justice

720

(1)

Keep Away from Anything False

720

(1)

Sacred and Profane Names

721

(1)

The Gravity of Perjury

722

(1)

Why Is Perjury More Serious?

723

(2)

Tractate Eduyot

725

(2)

Why Are Minority Opinions Recorded?

725

(1)

Heredity

725

(1)

Things That Lasted Twelve Months

725

(1)

Akavya's Four Rulings

725

(1)

Akavya and His Son

726

(1)

When Elijah Will Come

726

(1)

Tractate Avodah Zarah

727

(20)

Rome and Persia Claim a Reward

727

(1)

Dialogue Between God and the Nations

728

(1)

When God Will Laugh

729

(1)

Why Is Man Compared to Fishes?

730

(1)

Punishment in Small Installments

730

(1)

Uncomprising Truth---Merciful Justice

731

(1)

Encouragement for Baalei Teshuvah

731

(1)

An Ungrateful People

732

(1)

Adam's First Sunset

732

(1)

The World Will Exist 6,000 Years

732

(1)

Rebbi Counsels Antoninus

732

(1)

Antoninus' Clandestine Visits to Rebbi

733

(1)

Ketia's Martyrdom

733

(1)

Onkelos Converts Roman Soldiers

734

(1)

Antoninus and Rebbi

734

(1)

R. Eliezer and the Minim

734

(1)

Elazar's b. Dordia's Repentance

735

(1)

The Torah protects

735

(1)

The Trial of R. Elazar b. Parta

736

(1)

The Trial of R. chanina b. Teradyon

736

(1)

The Agony of R. Chanina b. Teradyon

736

(1)

God of Meir, Answer Me!

737

(1)

The Punishment for Scoffing

738

(1)

The Proper Method for Torah Study

738

(1)

Torah Study Will Make You Prosper

739

(1)

Guard Your Tongue from Evil

739

(1)

The Berahah We Say upon Seeing Beautiful People

739

(1)

The Cow' Song of Praise

740

(1)

When the Sun Halted in Midheaven

740

(1)

Skilled Archers

740

(1)

Use a Heathen Doctor?

741

(1)

Why New Decrees Are Not Explained

741

(1)

A Torah Scholar Who Shares His Knowledge

742

(1)

David's Crown

742

(1)

Debating the Philosophers

742

(5)

Tractate Horayot

747

(6)

Unfeasible Rulings

747

(1)

Does One Tribe Constitute a Kahal?

747

(1)

Affluent Rulers and High Priests

747

(1)

A Servant of the People

747

(1)

The Righteous and the Wicked

748

(1)

Order of Priority

748

(1)

Things That Strengthen or Weaken Your Memory

749

(1)

A Question of Protocol

749

(1)

The Plan to Depose the Nasi

750

(1)

Wide-Ranging Knowledge of Keen Intelligence?

750

(3)

Tractate Zevachim

753

(6)

God Overlooks His Friends' Shortcomings

753

(1)

The Altar Straddles Benjamin and Judah

753

(1)

Selecting the Site of the Bet Hamikdash

753

(1)

The Priestly Garments Make Atonement

754

(1)

Pinchas's Elevation to Priesthood

754

(1)

Respect the Head of State

754

(1)

What Prompted Jethro to Convert?

755

(1)

The Shechinah Rested in Benjamin's Portion

755

(1)

How Long Did the Tabernacle Stand?

755

(1)

Shiloh and Jerusalem

756

(3)

Tractate Menachot

759

(8)

The Menorah

759

(1)

The Ark, the Table, and the Menorah

759

(1)

Moses Marvels at R. Akiva's Greatness

760

(1)

God Our Guardian

760

(1)

The Tefillin of the Head

760

(1)

The Mitzvah of Tzitzit

760

(1)

Surrounded by Mitzvot

761

(1)

His Tzitzit Protected Him From Immorality

761

(1)

Whoever Puts On Tefillin Will Live Long

761

(1)

Israel Will Flourish in the End

762

(1)

The Oil Tycoon of Gush Chalav

762

(1)

The Menorah, a Testimony to Mankind

762

(1)

What Do the Watchmen Say?

763

(1)

They Worry about Their Daily Bread

763

(1)

The Poor Man's Offering

763

(1)

Torah Study Is Like Offering a Sacrifice

763

(1)

As Long as Your Intentions Are Good

764

(3)

Tractate Chullin

767

(12)

Making Vows

767

(1)

Seating Arrangement of the Sanhedrin

767

(1)

What Does the Word ``Cattle'' Suggest?

767

(1)

The River Parted for R. Pinchas b. Yair

767

(1)

R. Pinchas b. Yair's Donkey

768

(1)

Tzaddikim Are More Powerful After Death

768

(1)

R. Chanina Immune to Witchcraft

769

(1)

It Takes Five years to Become an Expert

769

(1)

Scrupulous about Kashrut

769

(1)

Open and Aboveboard

769

(1)

Who Blesses the Kohanim?

770

(1)

All Human Organs Are Securely Anchored

770

(1)

An Experiment with Ants

770

(1)

The Deer Was Bitten by a Snake

771

(1)

The Emperor Wanted to See God

771

(1)

The Bull of Adam's Sacrifice

771

(1)

No Intermingling of Species

771

(1)

Why Is the Moon Smaller than the Sun?

772

(1)

God Desires the Prayers of the Righteous

772

(1)

Proof of the Divine Origin of the Torah

772

(1)

Forbidden Species of Birds

772

(1)

Wise and Unwise Ways of Spending Money

773

(1)

Abraham's Reward

773

(1)

The Benefits of Tzitzit and Tefillin

773

(1)

The Humility of Our Great Men

773

(1)

Exaggerations

774

(1)

Jacob Wrestling With the Angel

774

(1)

He Wanted to Retrieve Some Small Jars

775

(1)

A Scholar Should Not Go Out Alone at Night

775

(1)

Jacob's Dream on Mount Moriah

775

(1)

God Loves Israel More than His Angels

775

(1)

It Is Forbidden to Mislead Anyone

776

(1)

Advice for Dinner Guests

776

(1)

Mitzvot Are Rewarded in the Hereafter

776

(3)

Arachin

779

(8)

Hallel

779

(1)

Improvements Made It Worse

780

(1)

The Ten-Stringed Harp

780

(1)

Evil Speech

780

(1)

Ten Rebellious Acts

780

(1)

The Evils of Gossip and Slander

781

(1)

What Constitutes Gossip?

782

(1)

Seven Things That cause Leprosy

782

(1)

Why Is the Leper Different?

783

(1)

Reproof

783

(1)

Don't Change Your Lodging and Profession

784

(1)

Trivial Vexations

784

(1)

People and Their Ruler---Who Influences Whom?

784

(1)

The Returness from Babylonia Made Sukkot

785

(2)

Temurah

787

(4)

A Time to Act for God

787

(1)

The Last of the Eshkolot

787

(1)

The End of an Era

787

(1)

The Forgotten Halachot

788

(1)

Othniel Restored the Forgotten Teachings

788

(1)

What Was the Name of Caleb's Father?

788

(1)

God Fulfilled Othniel's Wish

789

(2)

Keritot

791

(2)

Fatherly Advide

791

(1)

A Horn and a Flask

791

(1)

The Eleven Spices of the Incense

791

(1)

Reach Out to Non-Observant Jews

791

(1)

Honor Your Father and Your Mother

791

(2)

Me'ilah

793

(2)

How the Roman Decree Was Abolished

793

(2)

Tamid

795

(4)

Rules of Hygiene and Decency

795

(1)

Punished For Oversleeping

795

(1)

Alexander the Great's Ten Questions

795

(1)

Alexander in the City of Women

795

(1)

Alexander at the Gate of Gan Eden

795

(4)

Tractate Niddah

799

(4)

The Embryo in the Mother's Womb

799

(1)

Three Partners in Man

799

(1)

God's Wondrous Power

799

(1)

Unaware of the Miracle

800

(1)

Questions About Matrimony and Childbirth

800

(1)

She Will Be Loved by Her Husband

800

(1)

A Man Searches for a Wife

800

(1)

Women Have Superior Understanding

800

(1)

A Guaranteed Place in the World to Come

801

(2)

Tractate Uktzin

803

God Will Bless His Nation with Peace

803

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