2 passagesc. 500 CEHebrew / AramaicCC-BY
Individual passages from Talmud Bavli, Makkot, indexed for close reading, source verification, and myth source-checking.
Rabbi Simlai made one of the most ambitious claims in the entire Talmud. He said: 613 commandments were given to Moses at Sinai, 365 prohibitions corresponding to the days of the s...
Four rabbis were walking away from the ruins of Jerusalem. When they reached Mount Scopus and saw the destroyed Temple, they tore their garments. When they arrived at the Temple Mo...