Megillah, Daf Yod Aleph, Part 2 Introduction The Talmud now continues with what are either more "opening discourses" or perhaps midrashim on the Megillah itself. ויהי בימי...
Megillah, Daf Yod, Part 5 Introduction The Talmud now cites a series of "openings" to derashot that rabbis would deliver before they would offer their main derashot (sermons which expound upon verses) on the book or topic at hand. These...
Megillah, Daf Yod, Part 4 Introduction Today’s section deals with other statements made by R. Levi that open with the words "The following is a tradition that we have from our ancestors." (א"ר)...
