Shiurim
18 publishedNarrative
Rabbi Akiva’s Wife, Part One
On Sotah 17a, it is recorded: דָּרֵישׁ רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא: אִישׁ וְאִשָּׁה זָכוּ — שְׁכִינָה בֵּינֵיהֶן. לֹא זָכוּ —…
Narrative
4 min
Reasoning
Loyalty and Devotion
May one move a stone sitting on top of a barrel on Shabbos in order to get wine…
Reasoning
5 min
Method
From the Verse to the Halacha: A Worked Example
Watching the Sages move from text to binding law.
Method
1 min
Reasoning · Shabbat
The Hidden Logic of the Thirty-Nine Melachos
Why a category, not a list, governs the law of labor.
Reasoning
1 min
Reasoning · Bava Kamma
How Liability Is Measured When an Ox Gores
Tracing the chain of reasoning from verse to ruling.
Reasoning
1 min
Narrative · Gittin
Reading the Story of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza Closely
Why the Gemara places the blame where it does — a structural reading.
Narrative
1 min
Reasoning · Berakhot
The Argument Behind the Earliest Time for Shema
What the Tannaim are really disagreeing about when they cite the stars.
Reasoning
1 min
Reasoning · Bava Metzia
Why Rabbi Yochanan Holds the Finder Keeps It
A close reading of the sugya of disputed ownership — and the unstated principle that drives the entire…
Reasoning
3 min