Study Bava Batra folio 121B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
God did not speak with Moses, as it is stated: “So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people” (Deuteronomy 2:16), and juxtaposed to that verse it is written: “That YHWH spoke to me, saying” (Deuteronomy 2:17). Moses indicates: Only after the last of that g
The Talmud continues to cite explanations for the significance of the 15th of Av. Ulla says: The 15th of Av was the day when King Hoshea, son of Ela, removed the guards [pardesaot] that Jeroboam, son of Nevat, placed on the roads so that Israel would not ascend to Jerusalem for the pilgrimage Fest
Rav Mattana says: The 15th of Av was the day when the slain victims of Beitar were afforded burial, several years after they were killed and the Roman emperor Hadrian decreed that they were not to be buried (see Gittin 57a). As Rav Mattana says: On the day that the slain of Beitar were afforded b
Rabba and Rav Yosef both say: The 15th of Av is the day when they stop cutting wood for the arrangement of wood on the altar. It is taught in a baraita that R' Eliezer the Great says: Once the 15th of Av came, the force of the sun would weaken, and from this date they would not cut additional wood
The Talmud adds: From this point forward, when the nights lengthen, one who adds [demosif ] to his nightly Torah study will add [yosif ] to his life, and he who does not add, that person is yesif. The Talmud asks: What is the meaning of the term yesif ? Rav Yosef teaches: It means that his mothe