Sample Sources
The sources below are those contained in our three curated collections—covering themes of Passover, Gender Roles, and Holocaust Resistance. They represent a fraction of the thousands of sources that will be available when the full site launches in 2024.
Rejoicing on Passover
The sages taught [in a baraita]: All are obligated in these four cups, including men, women, and children. R. Judah said: What benefit do children receive from wine? [They do not enjoy it.] Rather…
Rabbinic Discussions of Prohibited Activities
1:3. A tailor should not go out with his needle close to dark [on the eve of the Sabbath], lest he forget it and go out [carrying it]. Nor should a scribe [go out] with his quill [close to dark]. One…
Disputed Virginity
For these people the law lays down as follows: In the case of persons who take maidens in lawful matrimony and have celebrated the bridal sacrifices and feasts, but retain no conjugal affection for…
Trial by Ordeal
Then the imperishable angels of immortal God, Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel, who know what evils anyone did previously, lead all the souls of men from the…
Resurrected Clothing?
Rabbi’s teaching was: A person does not return just as they left. The other rabbis’ was: A person returns just as they left.
Curing Blindness
That same night I [Tobit] washed myself and went into my courtyard and slept by the wall of the courtyard; and my face was uncovered because…
Types of Fever and Their Cures
Aramaic
Abaye said: An expert told it to me: For one-day sun-heat, a jug of fluids. For two-day [sun-heat], fennel. For…
Prescriptions and Incantations
For boils, one should say: BZBZYH MSMSYH KSKSYH ShDL’Y and ’SKL’Y these are the angels who were sent from the land of Sodom [in order] to heal boils and pain BZK BZYK KMN KMYN KMYN KMN your eyes in…
Jacob’s Burial
And there they wailed with a very great and sore wailing (Genesis 50:10). [It is] taught: Even horses and even donkeys [participated in the mourning].
Once they reached the cave…
Daniel, the Serpent, and the Lion’s Den
When King Astyages was laid to rest with his ancestors, Cyrus the Persian succeeded to his kingdom. Daniel was a companion of the king, and was the most honored of all his Friends.…
Isaac Blesses Jacob and His Sons
Isaac then said, “May a blessing rest on you, my sons, and on your descendants today because you have given me rest. My mind is not sad regarding the birthright—lest you do something evil about it.…