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In our second lesson studying Tractate Berachot, we continue on our first page – Daf 2a. After a quick summary of the Mishnah as we discussed in our first lesson, we visit a great site online www.myzmanim.com to learn more about the different Halachic times of the day and how we can use a calendar like this to help us to fulfill the various Mitzvot (commandments) in good time!
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Join me in studying Talmud! We are beginning with the first Masechet (Tractate) known as Berachot (Blessings). Text is shown in the lesson so that you can follow along.
We’re using the beautiful Koren Talmud Bavli edition written by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz. It features the text in easily digestible paragraphs, biographies of various Sages featured on the page, practical Halachot (laws), notes to help understand the text, pictures to help understand the text – and really so much more!
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Do you know who the rabbi in the picture is? Many won’t recognise him by face! He lived from 1829-1903 and was a progressive and reform rabbi in America. With all this, most would be surprised to find out just how many outstanding Talmudic scholars of today have gained something from this man…
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In today’s “Random Torah” we take a look at a famous Gemara in Masechet Shabbat. Here, the Gemara speaks about a period in the life of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai – the accepted author of the Zohar. Rashbi was forced into exile by the Roman government at the time, and in his effort to hide from them, hid away together with his son Elazar in a cave for 12 years. When he emerged, he was an even greater man than he was before – save for one area which he did not excel in. He had lost touch with reality. The reality of this world.
