When we think of someone being stoned to death (okay, potheads, I’m talking about the biblical punishment) we tend to think of everyone hurling stones. Like this depiction of the Catholica St Stephen But, the Talmud imagines stoning in a totally different way: The place of stoning from which the condemned man is pushed toContinue reading “Sanhedrin 45”
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. 