Today’s daf sent me down a bit of a rabbit hole—into the story of the Temple of Onias, a temple that stood at the same time as the Temple in Jerusalem (in Landious Egypt). The Gemara tells the backstory, and it’s wild. This whole temple in Egypt seems to emerge out of a family dramaContinue reading “Menachot 109”
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. 