עירובין – Eruvin
Drilling a hole in the head is the oldest surgery in the world. And it is mentioned in the Talmud.
Eruvin 14a ~The value of Pi in the Talmud
The rabbis thought it was three. Which is close, but not precise.
Eruvin 18a ~ Adam's Tail and the the Recapitulation of Phylogeny
Was Adam born with a tail? Looking at human embryonic development, you might think so.
Eruvin 43b ~ Jews and their Telescopes
Did Rabban Gamliel use a telescope? Plus a brief history of the Jewish use of telescopes.
Eruvin 43b ~ Rabban Gamliel’s Trigonometry
How did Rabban Gamliel use his mysterious tube to calculate distances?
Eruvin 43b ~ How did Rabban Gamliel do it?
Talmudology’s smart readers weigh in.
Eruvin 56a ~ The Identity of the Constellation עגלה
To find North, do you look for Taurus, the Big Dipper, or The Great Bear?
Eruvin 64 ~ Wine and Cognitive Function
Does alcohol make you smarter? Not at all, despite what Rav Nachman thought.
Eruvin 76b ~ Mathematical Error
How good was Rashi at maths, and did he know the Pythagorean Theorem?
The Talmud was the first legal code to forbid spousal rape. The British did so only in 1992.