גיטין – Gittin
Gittin ~ On Divorce, Then and Now
Divorce rates and religious commitment.
Gittin 2a ~ A Very Determined Envoy
The rabbi who sailed to Australia to deliver a get.
Scientists analyze the ink on one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, with surprising results.
Gittin 28a ~ Longevity I: How Long Do We Live?
Life expectancy in the talmudic era.
Gittin 30b ~ Longevity II: Death and Wealth
Is a person is more likely to die than become wealthy?
Gittin 39a ~ Rabbi Meir on Maximizing Meaning
The hermeneutic Principle of Charity.
Gittin 49b ~ Who Wants to Marry More?
“More than a man desires to wed, a woman desires to be wed." Nope.
Deprive a lab rat of the ability to dream, and it will die. And what Rebbi Meir thought.
Gittin 60a ~ Queen Helena and Her Gift to the Temple
Why she converted to Judaism and dedicated a plaque in the Temple.
Gittin 67b~ Might Talmudic Medicines Really Work?
For a cough, eat balsam mixed with dog excrement. But sometimes ancient remedies work.
Gittin 71~ The Relationship between Hearing and Intelligence
Changing rabbinic rulings and the deaf.
Gittin 89a ~ Breastfeeding in Public
Rabbi Meir declared it immodest. How times have changed.