Some people believe the Minim were proto-Christians, when they were actually a 15th century Franciscan order. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_o...

Sages: If one's beard is fully grown, he is fit to be an emissary for the community, descend before the ark (i.e. lead prayer), and recite the priestly blessing (if a priest). #DafYomi 24b

Q. Until when is someone considered, "young?" A. R. Ela cit R. Hanina: Anyone who can stand on one leg and remove/put on a shoe. #DafYomi 24b

Priests are disqualified w/blemishes, Levites are not. Levites are disqualified by age (50), Priests are not. #DafYomi 24a

Roman poets weren't always sophisticated, but one was particularly Juvenal.

Pirqoi ben Babui was a Geonic scholar who polemicized against the ancient Jewish traditions in Israel as opposed to Babylonia. Not to be confused with his contemporary known for disseminating prank epistles, Pirqoi ben Baba Booey.

People wonder why Ulysses deserved his suffering when the book is literally called "Theodicy."

🎵 When you have to debate what a Tanna relates, that's Amora...🎵

R. Hanan b. R. Ketina to R. Nahman: In whose opinion is your ruling? It's not the Sages nor R. Yosi b. R. Yehuda R. Nahman: I don't know Hillek, and I don't know Billek, I know the halakhah. #DafYomi 19a

Abaye: Accepting the stringencies of one's place of origin and destination only applies w/in Israel, w/in Babylonia, or from Israel to Babylonia. From Babylonia to Israel, we are subordinate to them and follow their custom #DafYomi 18b

R. Yosef angrily to R. Zeira: Do I learn from everyone? I learn from R. Yehuda who even teaches uncertain citations #DafYomi 18b

R. Huna: A slaughterer who does not present his knife to a Torah scholar is ostracized. Rava: We remove him from his position and declare his food to be treif Gemara: R. Huna discusses when knife was intact, Rava when it was not #DafYomi 18a

R. Hisda: Checking the knife is from the Torah per 1. Sam 14:34 R. Yohanan: Only show it to a Torah scholar out of respect Gemara: It's a rabbinic law, the verse is only a support #DafYomi 17b

Mishna: One who slaughters at night, or a blind person who slaughters, is valid #DafYomi 13b

R. Ukva b. Hama: Per Lev. 1:2, we don't accept offerings from Jewish apostates (משומד/meshumad) but we do from gentiles Gemara: Per. Lev. 22:18 #DafYomi 13b

Gemara: We see there are [Minim among gentiles] Gemara: Majority of nations aren't Minim R. Yohanan: Gentiles outside of Israel don't worship avoda zara/idolatry, but rather they follow the customs of their fathers. #DafYomi 13b

R. Nahman cit Rabba b. R. Avuh: There are no Minim (heretics/sectarians) among the gentiles. Gemara: But we see there are! R. Yohanan: Gentiles outside of Israel aren't i #DafYomi 13b

Baraita: The slaughter of a Min (sectarian/heretic) is for idol worship, his bread is like those Kuthim/Samaritans, scrolls are like sorcerers, produce is untithed, and some say children are mamzerim #DafYomi 13a

It is forbidden to drink water, wine, and milk that was left uncovered for the amount of time it would take for a snake to emerge, drink, and return to its hole. #DafYomi 10a

Danger is more severe than a prohibition Note: See Rambam Rotzeach 11:5, 12:6. Contrary to certain opinions, it is forbidden to disregard safety regulations. #DafYomi 10a

R. Huna: An animal during its lifetime has the presumptive status of being forbidden until one knows it was slaughtered. If it was slaughtered, the presumptive status is that it is valid until one knows how it was invalid. #DafYomi 9a

R. Yehuda cit Shmuel: Forbidden to eat from the slaugher of those who don't know the laws. And these are: Interrupting/pausing, pressing, concealing, diverting, and tearing. #DafYomi 9a

R. Yehuda cit. Rav: A Torah scholar תלמיד חכם must learn three things: Writing, ritual slaughter, and circumcision. R. Hananya b. Shelmaya cit Rav: Also [how to tie] the knot of tefillin, the blessing of the groom and Tzitzit. Gemara: The latter are common #DafYomi 9a

According to today's Talmud study, if you want to ride, don't ride the white mule.

R. Elazar: The blood of a wound effects atonement like the blood of a burnt offering. Rava: Only if it's the right thumb, the second wound, and if he was going to perform a mitzvah. Note: Cf. R. Elazar in Pesahim 8a-b, שלוחי מצוה אינן ניזוקין #DafYomi 7b

R. Hanina: A person only injures his finger below if it was declared (that he should be injured) from on high per Prov. 37:23, 20:24 #DafYomi 7b

"There is none beside [God]" Deut. 4:35 R. Hanina: Not even sorcery #DafYomi 7b

R. Hama b. Hanina: The righteous are greater after their death than they were in their lifetime per 2 Kings 13:21 #DafYomi 7b

Yehuda b. R. Shimon b. Pazi: Does anyone say that Beit She'an is not part of Israel? See Judges 1:27 #DafYomi 7a

When conceited people proliferated, disputes proliferated among the Jewish people. #DafYomi 7a

R. Nahman b. Yitzhak: Kuthim (Samaritans) have a status of being a gentile refers to nullifying one's domain for the purposes of creating an Eruv on Shabbat. Gemara: Not unlike what is taught in a Baraita regarding a Jew who publicly desecrates Shabbat #DafYomi 6a

Gemara: Earlier Sages issued a decree against the Kuthim and they people did not accept it. R. Ami and R. Asi decree issued a decree and it was accepted #DafYomi 6a

R. Abbahu sent R. Yitzhak b. Yosef for wine from area of Kuthim (Samaritans). An Elder found him and said his area doesn't have keepers of Torah. R. Yizhak related to R. Abbahu who related to R. Ami and R. Asi and they didn't move until they declared Kuthim gentiles #DafYomi 6a

The Sanhedrin sat in a semicircle so that the judges could see each other #DafYomi 5a

R. Shimon b. Gamliel: For any mitzvah the Samaritans (Kuthim) accepted, they are more exacting than Jews #DafYomi 4a

Mishna: Everyone slaughters except for a deaf-mute, imbicille, or minor, lest they ruin the slaughter. If supervised, their slaughter is valid/kosher. #DafYomi 2a

הדרן עלך מסכת מנחות והדרך עלן We will return to you tractate Menahot, and you will return to us #DafYomi 110a

R. Yohanan on Ps. 134:1: Refers to Torah scholars who study Torah at night, Torah equates with the Temple service #DafYomi 110a

R. Shmuel b. Nahmani cit. R. Yohanan on Malachi 1:11: Refers to Torah scholars who study Torah in every place, as if they burn and present offerings in my name. #DafYomi 110a

R. Yosef on Isaiah 19:18: This refers to the city of the sun, קרתא דבית שמש (Beit Shemesh), that will be destroyed in the future. #DafYomi 110a

R. Meir: The Temple of Onais was dedicated for idolatry R. Yehuda: Was dedicated for Heaven (though still mistaken) #DafYomi 109b

Priests who served in the Temple of Onais may not serve in the Temple in Jerusalem #DafYomi 109a

R. Pappa: People do not make perutot of gold #DafYomi 107a

Rabba b. b. Hana cit R. Yohanan (also R. Yosi): The Babylonians mentioned in the Mishna (on 99b) were Alexandrians, but bec the Jews hated the Babylonians, they called them "Babylonians" #DafYomi 100a

School of R. Yishmael: The words of Torah should not be a burden, but you are not allowed to exempt yourself from them. #DafYomi 99b

Ben Dama, R. Yishmael's nephew to R. Yishmael: Someone such as myself, who has learned the entire Torah, what about learning Greek wisdom? R. Yishmael: Per Joshua 1:8, find a time that is neither day nor night and learn Greek wisdom then #DafYomi 99b

R. Yohanan cit. R. Shimon b. Yohai: Even reciting Shema in morning and night one fulfills Joshua 1:8, and it is forbidden to state this in the presence of 'amei ha'aretz (ignoramuses). Rava: It's a mitzvah state this in the presence of 'amei ha'aretz. #DafYomi 99b

R. Ami from R. Yosi we learn that someone who learns one chapter in the morning and one chapter in the evening fulfills the commandment of Joshua 1:8 #DafYomi 99b

Reish Lakish: Whoever causes himself to forget even one matter from his studies violates a prohibition per Deut. 4:9 #DafYomi 99b

Reish Lakish: A Torah scholar who sins is not disgraced in public per Hosea 4:5, rather should be concealed like the night. Note: Cf Mo'ed Katan 17a, "disgraced" vs "excommunicated," plus other opinions #DafYomi 99b