Tag Archives: Bavli

Meeting the Bavli at the National Library: Notes from an Uncultured Anthropologist- Guest Post by Assaf Harel

Posted on June 11, 2013 by

“Pumbedita & Vilna in Silicon Valley” is the title of the opening session in a series of five public meetings at the National Library of Israel. The series aims to investigate the relevance of the Bavli in the 21st century. … Continue reading →

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The Talmud Blog Hosts Zvi Septimus

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

It’s 10:00pm in New York, and, like many others, I’m watching the debate. But there’s one thing that I can’t stop thinking about, and that’s the lecture that I just heard at Drisha by Zvi Septimus, “Was Resh Lakish a Hedonist … Continue reading →

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The Talmud in the Digital Age: Fragments From the Cutting Room Floor- Shai Secunda and Elli Fischer

Posted on September 13, 2012 by

The most recent issue of the Jewish Review of Books is now on the stands and online. On the cover of the magazine there is an endearing drawing (below) by Mark Anderson of three cheder kids completely entranced by an … Continue reading →

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Updates to the Lieberman Databases

Posted on August 8, 2012 by

I can’t claim to be much of a sports guy. Yes, I enjoy running, and I joined a makeshift ultimate frisbee team at my highschool for a couple of months (we were doomed from the get go- when it came … Continue reading →

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Doing Daf Yomi- Guest Post by Yaakov Elman

Posted on August 1, 2012 by

This post, a first in what we hope will be a series on the Daf Yomi as its 12th cycle comes to a close, was written by Yeshiva University’s Prof. Yaakov Elman. A long time daf yomi learner, Prof. Elman … Continue reading →

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What is a Redactor?

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

We are often told that a good scholar has to consistently and continually question the validity of his/her basic assumptions. The problem is that many times an assumption is so inherent to our thinking, that it is easy to mistake … Continue reading →

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Between Words and Ideas in the Reading of The Bavli

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

Amidst much fanfare, immigration lawyer and daf-yomi class teacher Daniel Retter published his index of the Babylonian Talmud, dubbed HaMafteach in both Hebrew and in English. As someone who often studies Talmud on the Sabbath and misses the various digital search … Continue reading →

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You Rejoice – though not Me: Some Notes on bMeg 10b and its Parallels

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

Does God rejoice at the downfall of the wicked? Surely He wants the good to prosper and the wicked to perish. Yet, the destruction of God’s own creatures, regardless of some poor choices they may have made in the past, … Continue reading →

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The Babylonian Talmud, Now in Arabic

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

As reported in such news outlets as the Jerusalem Post, Yeshiva World News, and PaleoJudaica, a new translation of the Babylonian Talmud into Arabic has just been published in Jordan and is on sale for $750. Veteran readers of the Talmud Blog … Continue reading →

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The Bible in the Bavli: Some First Numbers- Guest Post by Michael Satlow

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

Over the past few months, as noted earlier, with the help of research assistants I have been compiling a spreadsheet that records each occurrence of a biblical verse cited in the Bavli. The purpose of this data is not so … Continue reading →

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