The Babylonian Talmud Book 1: Tract Sabbath (Kindle Edition)

by Micheal L. Rodkinson (Author)

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Tract Sabbath discusses what can and cannot be done on the Jewish Holy day. This tract has a wealth of information on everyday Jewish life in late Classical times, including, for some reason, a great number of medical recipes. Because almost everything is done differently on the Sabbath, this contains an incredible level of ethnographic detail about a wide range of household activities including livestock, clothing, meals, fire-fighting,horticulture, hunting, and other more obscure topics. Rodkinson makes the point in an appendix that many of the Talmundic regulations which seem to be arbitrary were developed as a response to political persecution. He also includes a prayer which is offered upon the conclusion of studying any tract.

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• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 548 KB
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Evinity Publishing Inc; 1.0 edition (July 29, 2008)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B001DDYEI2
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