If I am in synagogue and I need to go to the bathroom, I walk out of the sanctuary and go to a clean bathroom with indoor plumbing and then…
Tag: Rabbi Yochanan
Women, Slaves and Minors – Berakhot 20
Yesterday, we learned about the debate as to whether a person can violate a negative commandment to preserve human dignity. Today, we will resolve that debate: we cannot violate prohibitions…
Me Too and the Talmud – Berakhot 10
Women come to the fore in today's Daf - not as objects to be regulated, not as objects of desire, not as mothers, but as scholars and heroic confederates. For…
A Hard Verse – Berakhot 9
Some verses in the bible are hard for us to relate because of the content. I always cringe when I read that people with disabilities are not allowed to serve…