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    Avot of Rabbi Natan, also known as Avot de-Rabbi Nathan (ARN) (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אבות דרבי נתן), the first and longest of the minor tractates...
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    Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz Originally, "Yattush"; could refer to either a mosquito or a gnat. The episode is referenced in five works: Avot de-Rabbi Natan...
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  • balances the evil inclination. According to the Talmudic tractate Avot de-Rabbi Natan, a boy's evil inclination is greater than his good inclination until...
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    other publishers. The Yale Judaica Series includes translations of Avot de-Rabbi Natan and Semahot; the former has been translated at least three other...
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    for the first time by B. Koenigsberger, 1894 Avot deRabbi Natan ch. 18; see also Gittin 67a Pesikta de-Rav Kahana, Parah, ed. S. Buber, 39b Siegfried...
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  • Sukkah 28a Avot of Rabbi Natan 6:3; Pirke De-Rabbi Eliezer 1+ Avot of Rabbi Natan 4:5; Gittin 56 Avot of Rabbi Natan 14:6; Sanhedrin 17b Sanhedrin 36b Jerusalem...
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    basis of his renewed argument for dependence of the TPsJ on the Pirkei De-Rabbi Eliezer composed in the 9th century, as well as the Chronicles of Moses...
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    The Baraita of Rabbi Ishmael (Hebrew: ברייתא דרבי ישמעאל) is a baraita that explains the 13 rules of Rabbi Ishmael and their application, employing illustrations...
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    650–900 CE Avot de-Rabbi Natan Pirkei De-Rabbi Eliezer Tanna Devei Eliyahu Alphabet of Sirach Ecclesiastes Rabbah Shir HaShirim Rabbah Deuteronomy Rabbah...
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    Microcosm–macrocosm analogy (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    prominent theme in the works of most Jewish philosophers. In the Avot de-Rabbi Natan (compiled c. 700–900), human parts are compared with parts belonging...
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    These chapters are derived from Avot de-Rabbi Natan, Version B, Chapter 13, and their originality in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer is a matter of scholarly...
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    2022-12-21. "Green Scholars Discover World's Oldest Jewish Prayer Book - DeMoss - Thinking | PR". Archived from the original on 2013-10-01. Retrieved...
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    Talmud (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    integral to Jewish scholarship. A maxim in Pirkei Avot advocates its study from the age of 15. Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz writes that "If the Bible is the cornerstone...
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    Soferim. He drew from the ethical and historical aggadah, such as Abot de-Rabbi Natan, Tanna debe Eliyahu (Rabbah and Zuṭa), Derech Eretz[which?], Massechet...
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    chapter of Kallah Rabbathi, a baraita compilation, is often appended to Pirkei Avot, as both are similar in style and content. Gemara Midrash Talmud Maimonides...
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    other documents. The earlier title of the text was Bereshit de R. Oshayah Rabbah "Genesis of Rabbi Oshaya Rabbah". This name was based on "R. Oshaya Rabbah...
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    In general, where a literal interpretation contradicts rationality, the rabbis seek an allegorical explanation: "We are told to use our common sense to...
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    Ein Yaakov (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Is Ein Yaakov?, chabad.org Study the Legendary Ein Yaakov (dojlife.com), Rabbi Yaakov Rich Lehman, M. S. (1993). A talmudic anthology of aggada: Examining...
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    of 'Kodashim'. The tractate 'Avot' from the order of 'Nezikin' is also absent from the Tosefta, though 'Avot de-Rabbi Natan' may be considered as filling...
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    Midrash Tanhuma (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    have also referred to it by the name "Aruk". Vachman, Gila (2021-11-03), ""Rabbi Tanhuma Said": A Code Phrase for introducing Quotations from Tanhuma-Yelammedenu...
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    The Mekhilta of Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מכילתא דרבי שמעון בן יוחאי, romanized: Mǝkhilta -Rabbi Shimʿon ben Yoḥai) is midrash...
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    missing. Niddah ends abruptly after the first lines of chapter 4. Tractates Avot and Eduyot are missing from both the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds. Tractate...
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    Tadshe must not be confused with another baraita bearing the title Baraita de-Rabbi b. Yair, which deals with gradations of virtues, the highest of which causes...
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    First Jewish–Roman War (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    between the two groups. The episode is referenced in five works: Avot de-Rabbi Natan (Versions A and B), Midrash Lamentations, the Babylonian Talmud (Gittin)...
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    "displease" (Mekhilta, Mishpatim), which is contrary to the interpretation of Rabbi Eliezer. From the expression be-miksat (Exodus 12:4), which, according to...
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    Tractate Avot with an Introduction (Shemona perakim)". World Digital Library. Retrieved 9 October 2018. Fine, Steven; Koller, Aaron J. (2014). Talmuda de-Eretz...
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    understood as a demonic force. According to the Talmudic tractate Avot de-Rabbi Natan, a boy's evil inclination is greater than his good inclination until...
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    Rabbi Akiva (Hebrew: אלפא-ביתא דרבי עקיבא, Alpha-Beta de-Rabbi Akiva), otherwise known as Letters of Rabbi Akiva (Hebrew: אותיות דרבי עקיבא, Otiot de-Rabbi...
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  • VeAmoraim. Retrieved 2024-10-10. "Semachot 8:8". Sefaria. Avot de-Rabbi Natan. Avot de-Rabbi Natan, Version A, Chapter 38:3. "Semachot 8:8". Sefaria. "Sukkah...
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    Olam de-Rabbanan." Lazarus supposes that after "de-Rabbanan" the word "Sabura'e" should be inserted, as a chronicle under the title "Seder Olam de-Rabbanan...
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