Study Shabbat folio 89B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
because the Jewish people were fruitful [paru] and multiplied in it; the Sinai Desert, because hatred descended upon the non-Jewish nations on it, on the mountain on which the Jewish people received the Torah. And what is the mountain’s true name? Horeb is its name. And that disputes the opinion o
We learned in the Mishnah: From where is it derived that one ties a scarlet strip of wool to the scapegoat? As it says: “If your sins be like scarlet [kashanim], they will become white like snow” (Isaiah 1:18). The Talmud wonders at this: Why does the verse use the plural form: Kashanim? It should h
And the Jewish people will say before Him: God! to whom shall we go? Shall we go to Abraham, to whom You said: “Know certainly that your seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them 400 years” (Genesis 15:13), and he did not ask for mercy
Apropos the Jewish people assessing their forefathers, the Talmud cites a related teaching. R' Shmuel bar Naḥmani said that R' Yonatan said: What is the meaning of that which is written: “For You are our Father; for Abraham knows us not, and Israel does not acknowledge us; You, Lord, are our Father,
And furthermore, how much did they actually sin? How long is a person’s life? 70 years. Subtract the first 20 years of his life. One is not punished for sins committed then, as in heavenly matters, a person is only punished from age 20. 50 years remain for them. Subtract 25 years of nights, and 25