An eponym is a word derived from a person’s name. For instance, sideburns were named for Ambrose Burnside’s facial hair, and to josh, that is,
On Ketubot 40b, we encounter varying reports of an exposition by Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish based on the spelling of na’arah. While na’arah is considered
Why did Yaakov fear for Binyamin? In sidrat Miketz, he didn’t want to send Binyamin along with Reuven to Egypt, lest harm befall him (וּקְרָאָ֤הוּ
Pinchas approaches Moshe. He says, “Moshe, I want to be a kohen.” “I’m sorry, you can’t be a kohen.” “But I really want to be
Ketubot 17a On Ketubot 17a, a Baraita discusses traffic situations and right-of-way. A funeral procession yields to (or, reroutes before) a wedding procession, and both
On Ketubot 10b, we encounter a small corpus of statements by Rav Chana of Baghdad, רַב חָנָא בַּגְדָּתָאָה. Rashi (Berachot 54b) explains the appellation as
Did Rav Achai Gaon (author of the She’iltot, 8th century, who was associated with Pumbedita Academy but was passed over in favor of Rav Natronai
Last week, we encountered hafka’at kiddushin, abrogation of betrothal, as proposed by Rav Ashi, a sixth-generation Amora and redactor of the Talmud. Let’s consider how
In Yevamot 110a, the Gemara discussed one of the small set of incidents in which Rav Ashi declares אַפְקְעִינְהוּ רַבָּנַן לְקִידּוּשֵׁי מִינֵּיהּ, that even though
In Yevamot 104a, both Rabbi bar Chiyya of Ctesiphon (the capital city of the Sassanian dynasty, on the Tigris River, near Mechoza) in Shmuel’s time,
In Yevamot 96b, Rabbi Yochanan (a second-generation Amora from Teveriah) is furious with his student, Rabbi Eleazar ben Pedat (a second-generation Amora from Teveriah), who
A Baker’s Dozen Occurrences Who is Kedi? This sage is offered as an alternate attribution in several sugyot, such as Yevamot 90a: וְאָמַר רָבָא וְאָמְרִי
