2 texts in Midrash Aggadah
The rabbis once overruled God—and God laughed. According to Bava Metzia 59b, the incident began with an argument about an oven. Rabbi Eliezer declared a certain oven ritually pure....
Reish Lakish was a bandit. He was also, according to Bava Metzia 84a, one of the most physically imposing men alive—a gladiator, a highwayman, a man who lived by violence. Then he ...
