Tractate Aboth. Fathers Of The Mishna : * "The Babylonian Talmud in Selection", by Leo Auerbach, [1944], p. 20 p. 21 FATHERS OF THE MISHNA TRACTATE ABOTH p. 22 p. 23 FATHERS OF THE MISHNA (TRACTATE ABOTH) I MOSES received the "Torah" (the Law) at Sinai and passed it on to Joshua, Joshua to the Elders, the Elders to the Prophets...
Title Page : * "The Babylonian Talmud in Selection", by Leo Auerbach, [1944], THE BABYLONIAN TALMUD IN SELECTION Edited And Translated From The Original Hebrew And Aramaic By LEO AUERBACH "SECOND EDITION" PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY NEW YORK [1944] Scanned, proofed and formatted , July 2009, by John Bruno Hare. This...
Nashim. Adultery : * "The Babylonian Talmud in Selection", by Leo Auerbach, [1944], p. 170 p. 171 ADULTERY (TRACTATE SOTAH) IF A man be jealous of his wife, he may warn her, according to Rabbi Eliezer, before two witnesses. He may make her drink the bitter water on the evidence of two witnesses, or on his own...
Nashim. The Marriage Contract : * "The Babylonian Talmud in Selection", by Leo Auerbach, [1944], p. 156 p. 157 THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT (TRACTATE KETHUBOTH) A VIRGIN is to be married on the fourth day of the week, and a widow on the fifth day. Because the court is in session in the towns twice a week, on the second and on the fifth...
Nezikin. Civil Law : * "The Babylonian Talmud in Selection", by Leo Auerbach, [1944], p. 205 LAW NEZIKIN p. 206 p. 207 CIVIL LAW (TRACTATE BABA KAMMA) THERE are four primary causes of damage: The ox, the pit, the despoiler and fire. The ox is not like the despoiler, and the despoiler is not like the ox. Nor is either...
Nezikin. Oaths : * "The Babylonian Talmud in Selection", by Leo Auerbach, [1944], p. 271 OATHS (TRACTATE SHEBUOTH) THERE are two kinds of oaths; these are subdivided into four. Knowledge of being unclean is of two kinds, which are subdivided into four. Carrying burdens on the Sabbath is of two kinds, which are...
Moed. Sabbath : * "The Babylonian Talmud in Selection", by Leo Auerbach, [1944], p. 54 p. 55 HOLY DAYS MOED p. 56 p. 57 SABBATH (TRACTATE SHABBATH) ONE does not sit down before the barber, close to the time of the afternoon prayer, unless he has already said his prayer. Neither shall he enter the bath house...
Moed. Passover : * "The Babylonian Talmud in Selection", by Leo Auerbach, [1944], p. 79 PASSOVER (TRACTATE PESSAHIM) ON THE eve of the fourteenth (of Nisan) a search for leavened matter is conducted by the light of a candle. Any place where leavened matter is not brought in does not require searching. Why was it...
Zeraim. The Portion Of The Poor : * "The Babylonian Talmud in Selection", by Leo Auerbach, [1944], p. 47 AGRICULTURE ZERAIM p. 48 p. 49 THE PORTION OF THE POOR (TRACTATE PEAH) THE following have no prescribed measure: "Peah", * First-Fruits, Festival-Offerings, deeds of kindness, and the study of the Law. And the following are...
Nashim. Divorces : * "The Babylonian Talmud in Selection", by Leo Auerbach, [1944], p. 175 DIVORCES (TRACTATE GITTIN) ALL documents that have a Cuthean as a witness are invalid, except writs of divorce and bills of emancipation. There was a case of a writ of divorce that was brought before Rabban Gamaliel at Kfar...
Nashim. Childless Widows : * "The Babylonian Talmud in Selection", by Leo Auerbach, [1944], p. 148 p. 149 WOMEN NASHIM p. 150 p. 151 CHILDLESS WIDOWS (TRACTATE YEBAMOTH) "IF BRETHREN dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without, unto a stranger: her husband's brother...
Introduction : * "The Babylonian Talmud in Selection", by Leo Auerbach, [1944], p. 7 THE STORY OF THE TALMUD INTRODUCTION THE word Talmud means study. The "Talmud" is a record of about a thousand years of accumulated Jewish learning and wisdom in all fields of endeavor: Law, religion, ethics, history, science...
Nezikin. Law Of Procedure : * "The Babylonian Talmud in Selection", by Leo Auerbach, [1944], p. 231 LAW OF PROCEDURE (TRACTATE SANHEDRIN) CASES concerning money matters are decided by three judges. Cases of larceny and injury by three judges. Damages, half damages, double, four-fold or five-fold payments by three judges...
Glossary : * "The Babylonian Talmud in Selection", by Leo Auerbach, [1944], p. 285 GLOSSARY "Amora" (pl. "amoraim"), interpreter, teacher, sage of the Talmud after the Mishnaic Age. "Baraitha", external. "Denar" (pl. "denarim"), a silver, or gold coin. "Gemara", lit. completion, also study. The commentary...
Moed. The Day Of Atonement : * "The Babylonian Talmud in Selection", by Leo Auerbach, [1944], p. 106 p. 107 THE DAY OF ATONEMENT (TRACTATE YOMA) EVEN days before the Day of Atonement the High Priest was moved from his home into the Chamber of the officials. And a substitute was prepared, lest something happen to him...
Moed. Days Of Fasting : * "The Babylonian Talmud in Selection", by Leo Auerbach, [1944], p. 131 DAYS OF FASTING (TRACTATE TAANITH) RABBI Yohanan said: There are three keys which the Holy One, blessed be He, has not entrusted into the hands of any messenger, but keeps in his own hand. These are: The key of rain, the key...
Nashim. Betrothals : * "The Babylonian Talmud in Selection", by Leo Auerbach, [1944], p. 181 BETROTHALS (TRACTATE KIDDUSHIN) A WIFE is acquired in three ways, and she can get her freedom in two ways. She is acquired through money, through a deed, or through sexual intimacy. And she can get her freedom by divorce...
Nezikin. Flogging : * "The Babylonian Talmud in Selection", by Leo Auerbach, [1944], p. 261 FLOGGING (TRACTATE MACOTH) WHAT is to be done with witnesses who testify falsely? If they say of a priest: "We testify that such-and-such a one is the son of a divorcee, or the son of a woman who performed "Halizah", one...
