Study Bava Metzia folio 33B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
It was during the era of R' Yehuda HaNasi that the beginning of this baraita extolling the study of Talmud was taught. The result was that everyone abandoned study of the Mishnah and pursued the study of the Talmud. It was then that R' Yehuda HaNasi taught them: And always pursue study of the Mish
The Talmud asks: On the basis of what homiletic interpretation did the tanna state that there is no virtue greater than the study of Talmud? It is just as R' Yehuda, son of R' Elai, interpreted homiletically: What is the meaning of that which is written: “Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice li
In the phrase “declare to My people their transgression,” these people are the Torah scholars, whose unwitting transgressions become for them tantamount to intentional transgressions. Due to their erudition, they are held to a higher standard. “And to the house of Jacob their sins,” these are the co
R' Yehuda, son of R' Elai, interpreted a verse homiletically. What is the meaning of that which is written: “Hear the word of YHWH, you who tremble at His word: Your brothers that hate you, that ostracize you for My name’s sake, have said: Let YHWH be glorified, that we may gaze upon your joy, but
Lest you say, with regard to those groups who are not Torah scholars, that their hope has ceased and their chances are eliminated, the verse states: “That we may gaze upon your joy.” All of the Jewish people, including the groups listed above, will gaze upon the joy of the Torah scholars. Lest you