Abaye is my favorite. "Yes, I am required to know all your business."

(I mean, yes, various things that have halachic relevance for tumah, etc etc, but, I mean, it absolutely is saying that the talmidei chachamim keep track of which fields are plowed? As a normal part of their day jobs?)

רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: עַד שֶׁיְּהֵא שָׁם זָקֵן אוֹ תַּלְמִיד ( Read more... )

Megillah was fun! Up next: Moed Katan, for all your small festival needs.

Here are the rest of my Megillah notes.

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Today we finished the perek! So here's more Megillah. In which there is a lot about what's in the megillah. ( In which Esther is green and Binyamin has two necks )

The irony is not lost on me that this is talking about translation changes to make things more palatable to outsiders, and is presented with an English translation that contains a lot of extra stuff on a site that is fully aware of audience and, I imagine, has to have had a lot of internal discussions regarding the issues involved with that. ( Read more... )

Today: the canonicity of Esther, mishloach manos, and getting drunk. I don't know what's tomorrow, but comedy tonight! ( Read more... )

( More Megillah! )

We have started Megillah! ( Read more... )

Hot take: kohanim who lost their calendars are never allowed to drink wine.

מִכָּאן אָמְרוּ: כׇּל כֹּהֵן שֶׁמַּכִּיר מִשְׁמַרְתּוֹ וּמִשְׁמֶרֶת בֵּית אָב שֶׁלּוֹ, וְיוֹדֵעַ שֶׁבָּתֵּי אֲבוֹתָיו קְבוּעִין שָׁם - אָסוּר לִשְׁתּוֹת יַיִן כׇּל אוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם. בְּמַכִּיר מִשְׁמַרְתּוֹ וְאֵין מַכִּיר מִשְׁמֶרֶת בֵּית אָב שֶׁלּוֹ, וְיוֹדֵעַ שֶׁבָּתֵּי ( Read more... )

A year ago I started Pesachim and I'M

STILL

FUCKING

HERE

This entry was originally posted at https://lannamichaels.dreamwidth.org/1228833.html.

Well, this escalated quickly. Again.

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם הָוְיָא אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת פַּרְסָה עַל אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת פַּרְסָה, וְהוּא אֶחָד מִשִּׁשִּׁים בְּכוּשׁ, וְכוּשׁ - אֶחָד מִשִּׁשִּׁים בָּעוֹלָם, וְעוֹלָם - אֶחָד מִשִּׁשִּׁים בַּגָּן, וְגַן - אֶחָד מִשִּׁשִּׁים לְעֵדֶן, וְעֵדֶן - אֶחָד מִשִּׁשִּׁים לְגֵיהִנָּם, נִמְצָא כׇּל הָעוֹלָם ( Read more... )