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Rabbi Dr Joshua Waxman

Articles by Rabbi Dr Joshua Waxman

Only Sumchos

After fifth-generation Tanna, Rabbi Meir died, his contemporary Rabbi Yehuda didn’t want an influx of Rabbi Meir’s students, whom he considered troublemakers (Nazir 49-50). He

Nazir 42a: Laugher or Laughee?

On Nazir 42a, Rav Acha son of Rav Ikka deduces a rather important global principle: that the majority is reckoned as the entirety (rubo kechulo)

Nazir 5-6: Rav Matna I

A mishna on Nazir 5a declares that an unspecified nezirut (abstinence from wine) is for 30 days. In the Gemara, Rav Matnah and Bar Pada

Of Course Nazir Belongs in Nashim! Nazir 2a

What is Nazir doing in seder Nashim? The Talmudic Narrator opens the tractate by asking this curious question. מִכְּדֵי תַּנָּא בְּסֵדֶר נָשִׁים קָאֵי, מַאי טַעְמָא

Nedarim 88b: Hand in Marriage

One of the primary reasons we care about which Tanna or Amora said what, is as follows. We assume that his opinion, worldview and halachic