Tract Ebel Rabbathi , Or Sema'hoth. Chapter Ii : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], CHAPTER II. A. A suicide must be buried without any ceremony. R. Ishmael said: It may be exclaimed: Alas, suicide! Alas, suicide! Said R. Aqiba to him: Leave him alone. Do not honor nor abuse him...
Tract Megilla. Synopsis Of Subjects : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. iv SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS OF VOLUME VIII.--TRACT MEGILLA. CHAPTER I. MISHNAS I. and II. The Megilla is to be read from the eleventh till the fifteenth of Adar. How so? Which cities are...
Tract Betzah Or Yom Tob. Explanatory Remarks : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. iii EXPLANATORY REMARKS. In our translation we adopted these principles: 1. "Tenan" of the original--We have learned in a Mishna; "Tania"--We have learned in a Boraitha; "Itemar"--It w...
Tract Ebel Rabbathi , Or Sema'hoth. Chapter Xiii : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], CHAPTER XIII. A. One who gathers or guards the bones is exempt from reading Shema, prayer, and all the precepts commanded in the Torah, and if he desires to be rigorous with himself, he must not...
Tract Taanith. Chapter I : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 1 TRACT TAANITH (FASTING). CHAPTER I. REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE TIME WHEN MENTION IS MADE OF RAIN IN THE DAILY PRAYER, WHEN RAIN IS TO BE PRAYED FOR, WHEN FAST-DAYS ARE ORDERED ON WHICH...
Tract Taanith. Chapter Ii : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 36 CHAPTER II. REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE ORDER OF PROCEDURE ON THE LAST SEVEN FAST-DAYS, AND THE PRAYERS TO BE RECITED ON THOSE DAYS. MISHNA: What is the order of procedure on the fast-days...
Tract Succah. Dedication : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. iii TO THE PRESIDENT OF "TEMPLE ISRAEL," NEW YORK, DANIEL P. HAYS, ESQ. In consideration that through his influence, this Congregation is the first and unique among the reformed to establish...
Tract Betzah Or Yom Tob. Chapter V : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 70 CHAPTER V. REGULATIONS CONCERNING LABORS PERMITTED AND NOT PERMITTED ON BIBLICAL FESTIVALS. MISHNA: It is allowed to throw down fruit (kept on the roof for drying) by a trap-door (...
Tract Succah. Synopsis Of Subjects : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. v SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS OF VOLUME VII.--TRACT SUCCAH. 1 CHAPTER I. MISHNA I. About the legal height and width of the booth which is to be used during the seven days of Tabernacles. What w...
Tract Taanith. Chapter Iv : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 78 CHAPTER IV. REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE PRIESTS' BLESSING OF THE PEOPLE, THE INSTITUTION OF THE STANDING MEN--THEIR FASTS AND PRAYERS. THE FAST OF THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF TAMUZ AND THE NINTH...
Tract Taanith. Chapter Iii : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 47 CHAPTER III. REGULATIONS CONCERNING OCCURRENCES ON ACCOUNT OF WHICH FAST-DAYS ARE ORDERED, OR ALARMS ARE SOUNDED. WHEN FASTING ON ACCOUNT OF RAIN IS STOPPED. MISHNA: The order of procedure...
Tract Betzah Or Yom Tob. Chapter I : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 1 TRACT BETZAH (YOM TOB). CHAPTER I. REGULATIONS CONCERNING EATABLES AND BEVERAGES: PREPARATIONS FROM THE FIRST DAY OF FESTIVALS TO THE SECOND, FROM THE FESTIVALS TO THE SABBATH, AND VICE...
Tract Betzah Or Yom Tob. Chapter Ii : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 28 CHAPTER II. REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE COMBINING OF COOKERY ON A FESTIVAL PRECEDING A SABBATH. MISHNA: When the festival falls on Friday, it is unlawful to prepare thereon, on purpose, any...
Tract Taanith. A Word To The Public : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. iv A WORD TO THE PUBLIC. WITH this volume Section Moed (Festivals), the weightiest and most difficult of the six Talmud sections, becomes complete. Students of the Talmud will observe th...
Tract Megilla. Chapter Ii : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 45 CHAPTER II. CONCERNING THE READING OF THE MEGILLA--BY WHOM, WHERE, AND IN WHAT LANGUAGES. MISHNA: Anyone who reads the Megilla in an irregular manner does not fulfil his duty; nor if he...
Tract Betzah Or Yom Tob. To The Reader : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. v TO THE READER. THIS volume contains three tracts, in order to maintain some uniformity in the size of the volumes, 1 whereas in former issues one subject required three volumes and another...
Tract Taanith. A Letter From Prof. Dr. M. Lazarus : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. vii A LETTER FROM PROF. DR. M. LAZARUS, GEH. REGIERUNGSRATH. MERAN (AUSTRIA), d. 14 "Juni", 1899. HERRN M. L. RODKINSON, New York: Geehrter Herr Rodkinson: In meinem Briefe vom 20. Juli, 85...
Trace Moed Katan. Chapter I : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 1 TRACT MOED KATAN (MINOR FESTIVALS). CHAPTER I. REGULATIONS CONCERNING LABOR AND MARRIAGE IN THE INTERMEDIATE DAYS. MISHNA: Beth Hashal'hin (Dry Land) may be irrigated during the middle days...
Tract Succah. Chapter Ii : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 26 CHAPTER II. REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE SITUATIONS IN WHICH A BOOTH MAY BE PLACED, WHAT MUST BE DONE IN IT, ETC. MISHNA: He who sleeps under a bed in the booth has not fulfilled his duty...
Tract Succah. Chapter I : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 1 TRACT SUCCAH. CHAPTER I. REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE BUILDING OF A LEGAL BOOTH FOR THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES, ITS WALLS, AND ROOFING. MISHNA: A booth which is higher than twenty ells is not...
Tract Taanith. Title Page : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], NEW EDITION OF THE BABYLONIAN TALMUD Original Text, Edited, Corrected, Formulated, And Translated Into English BY MICHAEL L. RODKINSON SECTION MOED (FESTIVALS) TRACTS TAANITH, MEGILLA, AND EBEL...
Tract Ebel Rabbathi , Or Sema'hoth. Chapter X : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 45 CHAPTER X. A. A mourner is exempt from reading Shema, from prayers, and all the precepts commanded in the Torah, during the time that the corpse is in his house. If one desires to be...
Tract Ebel Rabbathi , Or Sema'hoth. Chapter Xiv : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], CHAPTER XIV. A. A cemetery must not be considered vilely; "e.g.", no aqueduct may be drawn through it, nor a path made; no cattle must feed there, nor may one use it as a "compendiarius", n...
Tract Ebel Rabbathi , Or Sema'hoth. Chapter Vi : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], CHAPTER VI. A. A mourner must not read the Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographa. He is also not allowed to study Mishna, Talmud, Halakha, and Hagadah. He is also not allowed to wash, to anoint...
Tract Betzah Or Yom Tob. Chapter Iii : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 46 CHAPTER III. REGULATIONS CONCERNING FISHING AND HUNTING ON FESTIVALS. MISHNA: It is not allowed to catch fish from aquaria on festivals, nor to give them food; but one may hunt beasts...
Tract Betzah Or Yom Tob. Dedication : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. iv TO LOUIS STERN, ESQ. IN RECOGNITION OF HIS MANY PHILANTHROPIC DEEDS AND VALUABLE SERVICES IN THE CAUSE OF JUDAISM AND ITS LITERATURE THIS BOOK IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE EDIT...
Tract Ebel Rabbathi , Or Sema'hoth. Chapter V : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], CHAPTER V. A. No work must be done by a mourner on all the. seven days after the burial; nor by his children, his servants, or his cattle. As he and they all are not allowed, so are others not...
Tract Ebel Rabbathi , Or Sema'hoth. Chapter Iii : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], CHAPTER III. A. An infant a day old must be regarded by his parents as if he would be a bridegroom; A1 and not merely a day old, but even if the head and the greater part of the body came out...
Tract Taanith. Synopsis Of Subjects : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. xiii SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS OF VOLUME VIII.--TRACT TAANITH. 1 CHAPTER I. MISHNA I. The difference of opinion about the mention of the power of rain in the prayer on the days of Tabernacles...
Trace Moed Katan. Chapter Iii : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 25 CHAPTER III. REGULATIONS REGARDING MOURNING ON FESTIVALS, REGARDING THOSE WHO ARE UNDER THE BAN, AND WASHING. MISHNA: The following may shave (trim their hair) on the middle days: One who...
Tract Taanith. Explanatory Remarks : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. iii EXPLANATORY REMARKS. In our translation we adopted these principles: 1. "Tenan" of the original--We have learned in a Mishna; "Tania"--We have learned in a Boraitha; "Itemar"--It w...
Tract Ebel Rabbathi , Or Sema'hoth. Chapter I : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 1 EBEL RABBATHI (GREAT MOURNING), OR SEMA'HOTH (JOYS). CHAPTER I. 1 A. One in he struggle of death is to be regarded as living in all respects. He still binds the dependents to the law...
Tract Betzah Or Yom Tob. Title Page : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], NEW EDITION OF THE BABYLONIAN TALMUD Original Text, Edited, Corrected, Formulated, And Translated Into English BY MICHAEL L. RODKINSON SECTION MOED (FESTIVALS) TRACTS BETZAH, SUCCAH, AND MOED...
Trace Moed Katan. Synopsis Of Subjects : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. iii SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS OF VOLUME VII.--TRACT MOED KATAN. 1 CHAPTER I. MISHNAS I. to III. How dry and low-land may be irrigated from newly sprung fountain and rain water, on the middle days...
Tract Succah. Chapter Iv : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 62 CHAPTER IV. REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE FOUR KINDS TIED WITH THE LULAB, CONCERNING HALLEL, POURING THE WATER ON THE ALTAR. MISHNA: The Lulab and willow to surround the altar were sometimes...
Tract Betzah Or Yom Tob. Synopsis Of Subjects : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. xi SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS OF VOLUME VII.--TRACT BETZAH. 1 CHAPTER I. MISHNA I. Why a new-born thing on a festival must not be used on the same day. The different opinions for the reason of it...
Tract Ebel Rabbathi , Or Sema'hoth. Chapter Xi : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], CHAPTER XI. A. When two deaths occur in town, the one that died first is buried first; and if the first has to be left over night, the second is buried. And although it is said: Whoever leaves...
Tract Ebel Rabbathi , Or Sema'hoth. Chapter Vii : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 27 CHAPTER VII. A. The period of thirty days must be counted to the following: to mourning, to calender clothes, to cutting of hair, to demand debts, to a woman of handsome form, to betrothal...
Tract Succah. Chapter V : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 76 CHAPTER V. REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE ENJOYMENTS AND THE SONGS IN THE TEMPLE DURING THE TIME OF THE SACRIFICES, AND THEIR ORDER. MISHNA: The pipes were played sometimes on five days...
Tract Succah. Chapter Iii : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 42 CHAPTER III. REGULATIONS CONCERNING PALM BRANCHES, MYRTLES, WILLOWS, AND CITRONS USED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. MISHNA: A palm branch 1 which has been acquired by theft...
Tract Ebel Rabbathi , Or Sema'hoth. Chapter Xii : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 51 CHAPTER XII. A. Renting on a death, the mourning of seven and thirty days, begin from the day of burial, or from the day he was informed, if he was not present. For whom one is obliged...
Tract Betzah Or Yom Tob. Chapter Iv : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 60 CHAPTER IV. REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE CARRYING AND HANDLING OF THINGS ON THE FESTIVAL. MISHNA: If one has to transport jars of wine from one place to another (on a festival) he must not...
Tract Ebel Rabbathi , Or Sema'hoth. Chapter Viii : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], CHAPTER VIII. A. During three days before the interment, experts repair to the cemetery and examine the dead whether they are really dead; [and although this is the custom of other nations]...
Tract Ebel Rabbathi , Or Sema'hoth. Chapter Ix : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], CHAPTER IX. A. For all the relatives, one must rend his garments, also for the teacher from whom he received his study. A wise man, however, all are his relatives, all must rend their garments...
Tract Megilla. Chapter Iv : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 70 CHAPTER IV. REGULATIONS CONCERNING SELLING OF SACRED PROPERTY AND ABOUT THE READING OF THE HOLY SCROLLS ON SABBATH AND HOLIDAYS. MISHNA: Inhabitants of a town who have sold the open...
Trace Moed Katan. Chapter Ii : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 19 CHAPTER II. REGULATIONS CONCERNING LABOR. MOURNING AND BUYING AND DOING BUSINESS IN THAT TIME, AND ALSO IN THE INTERMEDIATE DAYS. MISHNA: One who has turned his olives, and a death occurred...
Tract Ebel Rabbathi , Or Sema'hoth. Chapter Iv : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 12 CHAPTER IV. A. For relatives of the first degree--"e.g.", father, mother, son, daughter, brother, wife, and sister--a priest may defile himself. R. Aqiba said: For those of the second...
Tract Megilla. Chapter I : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 1 TRACT MEGILLA. CHAPTER I. REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE TIME WHEN THE BOOK OF ESTHER MUST BE READ ON THE RABBINICAL FEAST OF PURIM IN OPEN TOWNS AND WALLED CITIES, ETC. MISHNA: The Megilla is...
Tract Megilla. Chapter Iii : * "Bablyonian Talmud, Book 4: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga", tr. by Michael L. Rodkinson, [1918], p. 57 CHAPTER III. REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE POSTURE OF THE READER OF THE MEGILLA, AND HIS CLOTHES, BEFORE PRAYER. MISHNA: The Megilla may be read either sitting or standing, by one person only...