Today’s gem shows two things 1) that there are times when it’s okay to exaggerate, and 2) the idea of levirate marriage (a woman marrying her brother-in-law if her husband dies before they have kids) turns many a person’s stomach, including the dying husband! The Gemara relates: There was a certain man, who was presumedContinue reading “Bava Batra 135”
2,711 pages of Talmud. A gem a day.
People make New Years resolutions. Mine was to read a page of Talmud every day, a practice known as daf yomi. There are 2,711 pages of Talmud. It will take over 7.5 years. This is my daily blog with at least one gem from each page I have read. Join me, and see this sacred book through the eyes of a progressive female Rabbi.
2,711 pages of Talmud. A gem a day. 