(Via Freakonomics.) Corruption = Officials + Pockets: “Nepal’s prime minister was upset that officials at the country’s main airport had gained a reputation for bribe-taking. So the government is trying to put an end to corruption by putting an end to pockets, issuing pocket-less trousers to all its airport staff.” The rabbis of the Mishnah [...]
The Shalom Hartman Institute has an article by Ishay Rosen-Zvi, “Orality, narrative, rhetoric: New directions in Mishnah research.” The article originally appeared in the AJS Review, V. 32 No. 2, November 2008. The appearance in recent years of an impressive series of books, articles, and mainly dissertations on various aspects of the Mishnah, collectively signifies [...]
Balshanut summarizes Philip S. Alexander’s article “How did the Rabbis learn Hebrew?” Hebrew was acquired in the Jewish school system, and schools were widespread in Jewish communities of Palestine from late Second Temple times into the Talmudic period. The elementary level was the Bet Sefer (ages 6 – 9) followed by the Bet Talmud (9-13). [...]
As a follow-up to my post on the Talmud and comics, I wanted to point out an excellent book which illustrates teachings of the Mishnah through comics. The book is Tallis Ends and Other Tales by R. Don Channen. It was published almost twenty years ago by Gefen Publishing and I am glad to see [...]
It seems like Artscroll can’t make up their mind. From here. From here.
A very well-known mishnah, Kiddushin 1:7, reads, כל מצות הבן על האב אנשים חייבין ונשים פטורות וכל מצות האב על הבן אחד אנשים ואחד נשים חייבין וכל מצות עשה שהזמן גרמה אנשים חייבין ונשים פטורות וכל מצות עשה שלא הזמן גרמה אחד אנשים ואחד נשים חייבין וכל מצות לא תעשה בין שהזמן גרמה בין [...]
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