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.
An Aramaic Piyyut for Passover
Speaking the Praises of the King of the World,
I will declare [these] nights
before the whole assembly:…
Rabbinic Support for Elementary Teachers
For R. Judah said [that] Rav said: That man shall truly be remembered for good, and Joshua b. Gamla is his name. For without him the Torah would have been forgotten in Israel. For in the beginning, he…
Taxes and Charity
R. Eleazar asked R. Yoḥanan, “When they collect [taxes], do they collect according to the number of people [in a household] or according to the…
Plucking Grain and Performing Miracles on the Sabbath
One sabbath he was going through the grainfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. The Pharisees…
The Seven Blessings
It is taught [in] another [baraita]: One recites the benediction of the grooms in the house of the grooms, and the benediction of the betrothal in the house of the betrothal. [With regard to] the…
Baskets of Flowers
And the angel of power took me and led me to the fifth heaven. And he showed me large gates, and names of men were written (on them), and…
A Second Death after Resurrection?
R. Ḥaninah said: In the coming future, death will only pertain to the sons of Noah. R. Joshua ben Levi said: It will pertain neither to Israel nor to the nations of the world. The Lord will wipe away…
Variety of Hells
[And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awaken, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt (Daniel 12:2, NRSV).]
3. Beth Shammai…
One-Day and Three-Day Fevers
Aramaic
Abaye said: An expert told it to me: For a one-day fever, one should take a white glass, go to the salt pit, and take its weight as salt, and tie it to the hollow of the…
Rabbinic Amulets
Reeds that are near a town have no fewer than sixty demons. A certain town official went and relieved himself among the reeds and was endangered. A certain sage came and wrote him an amulet for one…