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Rabbi Dr. Joshua Waxman

Rabbi Dr. Joshua Waxman teaches computer science at Stern College for Women, and his research includes programmatically finding scholars and scholastic relationships in the Babylonian Talmud.

Articles by Rabbi Dr. Joshua Waxman

Rav Pappa and the Papunians

In Bava Batra 90b, fourth-generation Rav Pappa bar Shmuel instituted a measure of three kefiza. His rabbinic colleagues object to him saying that this conflicts

Rabbi Yirmeya’s Open Questions

In Bava Batra 83a, Rabbi Yirmeya raises two dilemmas. Shmuel had earlier specified a distance between a set of three trees to be considered one

X Only Means Y

In Bava Batra 75a, Rabba thrice quotes Rabbi Yochanan about messianic times —- Hashem making a meal for the righteous from the Leviathan’s flesh; a

Ukvan Bar Nechemia the Exilarch

On Bava Batra 55a, Rabba (bar Nachmani) relates a set of three teachings which Ukvan bar Nechemia, the Exilarch, told him in Shmuel’s name. The

Sight Damage: Bava Batra 2a

As we explored last week, Bava Batra begins by discussing hezek re’iyah, literally damage by sight, and whether it is called “damage.” This isn’t literal

Bava Batra 3a: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

Bava Batra begins with a discussion of whether hezek reiyah—damage caused by sight, is a real concern. The opening mishna states הַשּׁוּתָּפִין שֶׁרָצוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת מְחִיצָה