In contrast to its name, Masechet Sanhedrin is not solely focused on laws relating to the Jewish court system, rather it is the Tractate of the Jewish State. Masechet Sanhedrin deals with a broad range of issues that arise in connection with the workings of a Jewish State. All of the basic governmental institutions required […]
Do you make kiddush on Friday night with wine or with grape juice? Is your wine red or white?
The Gemara on today’s daf (=page) brings Rav Zutra bar Tuvia who quotes Rav as teaching that only wine that could be used as a libation on the altar in the Temple can be used for […]
“… after 45 years of hard work, Rav Adin Steinsaltz’s enormous undertaking – to render the entire Gemara into simple, modern Hebrew – will reach completion, reports Hebrew website Ynet. Upon finishing Maseches Niddoh and Maseches Chullin, what has been referred to as the largest Jewish project of our time will be complete and the […]
“Steinsaltz had the Chutzpah to change the format of the pages and place his own explanation of the 1,500-year-old text written in modern, colloquial Hebrew on the same page with the authoritative glosses written by Rabbi Shlomo Ben-Yitzhaki, aka Rashi. ”
“On December 9 of this year Steinsaltz will produce tractate Niddah, which deals with the […]
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“Bee keeping and honey production were important sources of income during the time of the Mishnah. The Mishnah on today’s daf discusses the rules and regulations associated with the purchase of bees and their hives. According to the Mishnah, when someone purchases the bees for a given year, he receives […]
“Renowned Jewish scholar Rabbi Adin Even Yisroel Steinsaltz visited Oxford University’s Chabad Society this week to deliver a lecture in honor of Sir Isaiah Berlin, considered by many to be one of the most prominent liberal thinkers of the 20th century. Not just content with simply presenting a lecture, though, the Israeli rabbi joined a […]
“The Sanhedrin’s judges, convening as an International Court of Law presided by Rabbi Adin Even-Yisrael (Shteinzaltz), discussed the claims of Israeli athletes training in Falun Dafa (also called Falun Gong), a high-level Buddhist cultivation practice believed to bring great improvements in health and fitness. According to the athletes, their Chinese counterparts, who advocate truthfulness, benevolence, […]
By sending his yeshiva students into the streets of middle America with beards and hats at a time when even observant Jews tried to hide their ethnic identity, Schneerson exerted the single greatest influence on the revival of Jewish pride in the United States, perhaps even more than the creation of the State of Israel”
