כריתות –Keritot
Keritot 5b ~ Hemorrhoids, Plague, and the Ark of the Covenant
Recovering the true cause of the Plague at Ashdod. And it wasn’t hemorrhoids.
Keritot 7b ~ Surviving a Cesarian Section
Surprisingly, in talmudic times a woman might even live to have another baby.
Keritot 15b ~ Amputation and Ritual Impurity
The lengths people would go to remove their gangrenous limbs for Passover.