קידושין – Kiddushin
Kiddushin 7a ~ Does Marriage Make You Happier?
And do people prefer marriage over the single life?
Kiddushin 16b ~ Measuring Puberty
Who is physically -and emotionally - ready for marriage?
A previously unrecognized medical first in the Talmud: Rav Huna's classification of polydactyly.
Kiddushin 25b ~ Can Elephants Jump?
No. But Rashi’s son-in-;aw thought they could, though he’d never seen one.
Kiddushin 29a ~ Swimming and Drowning
The Jewish requirement to teach a child to swim.
Kiddushin 30a ~ How Many Letters are in a Sefer Torah?
304, 801. Or 304, 805. And why the rabbis miscounted.
The mid-point of the Talmud. Unless you are using a different pagination.
Kiddushin 69a ~ Nationality, Class and Caste
On the Cohen, Levi and Yisrael caste system. Plus oxytocin and prejudice.
Kiddushin 82a ~ The Best Doctors Go to Hell
Doctors were at best useless, and at their worst, agents of death. To hell with them.