Megillah, Daf Tet, Part 3 Introduction The Talmud now shows how the Greek elders translated the Torah. The central idea here is that the elders changed the verses to avoid various interpretive or theological problems. Due to the nature of this passage I have...
Megillah, Daf Tet, Part 2 Introduction This section is a direct continuation of yesterday’s sugya. R. Ashi resolved the conflict between the baraita and the Mishnah by ruling that the Torah may be written in any language but the other books of the Bible...
Megillah, Daf Tet, Part 1 Introduction This week’s daf focuses on the mishnah that we learned at the end of last week’s daf concerning the difference between Torah scrolls, mezuzot and tefillin. According to the Mishnah Torah scrolls can be...
Megillah, Daf Het, Part 6 Introduction Today’s section is a mishnah. My commentary is taken from Mishnah Yomit. We will continue to discuss the talmudic commentary on the mishnah next week. משנה....
