תענית– Ta’anit

Ta'anit 2 ~ Rain, and the God of the Gaps

How should moderns think about the miracle of rainfall?

Ta'anit 11 ~ Marital Intimacy During a Pandemic

The Talmud forbids marital intimacy during a natural disaster. So what about COVID?

Ta’anit 17b ~ Alcohol Metabolism

How to walk off, and sleep off, a hangover.

Ta'anit 21b ~ Pandemics in Pigs

Jews must pray for the welfare of others, even if those others are pigs.

Ta'anit 24a ~ The Ocular Manifestations of Disease

“The leaders of the Jewish People are their eyes.” But those eyes may become sick.

Ta'anit 27 ~ Askera, Diphtheria and the Jacobi Medical Center

Askara is diphtheria, and Abraham Jacobi spent his professional life fighting it.