Shabbat 13B

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and served Torah scholars extensively, why did he die at half his days? Where is the length of days promised him in the verse? No one would respond to her astonishment at all. Eliyahu said: One time I was a guest in her house, and she was relating that entire event with regard to the death of her

Mishnah: And these are among the halakhot that the rabbis, who went up to visit him, said in the upper story of Ḥananya ben Ḥizkiya ben Garon. The precise nature of these halakhot will be explained in the Talmud. These halakhot are considered one unit because they share a distinctive element. Sinc

Talmud: With regard to the language that introduces our Mishnah, Abaye said to Rav Yosef: Did we learn in our Mishnah: These are among the halakhot, or did we learn in our Mishnah: And these are among the halakhot? The difference is significant. Did we learn: And these, and if so, the reference wo

A baraita states with regard to Megillat Ta’anit, which is a list of days of redemption that were established as celebrations for generations: Who wrote Megillat Ta’anit? This scroll was written by Ḥananya ben Ḥizkiya ben Garon and his faction, who held dear the memory of the troubles that befell I

Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel said: We also hold dear the memory of the troubles from which Israel was saved, but what can we do? If we came to write all the days of that kind, we would not manage to do so, as the troubles that Israel experienced in every generation and era are numerous, and on each day