3 passagesc. 500 CEHebrew / AramaicCC-BY
Individual passages from Talmud Bavli, Hullin, indexed for close reading, source verification, and myth source-checking.
The ancient rabbis certainly understood that feeling. They knew that the divine, in all its glory, could be both awe-inspiring and, frankly, terrifying. And sometimes, a good story...
Talmud Bavli, Hullin turns to Repenting For God. This idea comes up in connection with Rosh Chodesh, the celebration of the new moon. You know, that tiny sliver of light that marks...
We see them as so different, one blazing with glory, the other a gentle, silvery presence. But did you know there's a story, a midrash (rabbinic interpretive commentary), that sugg...
