Talmud Illuminated

A while ago, there was a custom not to sell large livestock to gentiles for the following reason. One may sell an ox or a horse just before ...

The seventh-year (Shmita) produce, which one has collected for his own use, cannot be stored indefinitely. Rather, after it has become scarc...

Earlier, we learned that one should follow the customs of the place he came to and not deviate from them to avoid disagreements. However, h...

In the Temple's times, people did not work on the day before Passover: this was a day of bringing a Passover sacrifice, and it had a c...

If three women have to bake matzot in one oven, they can do it in the normal way – so says Rabban Gamliel: they will all be fast and careful...

On the previous page , we discussed baking bread (unleavened, of course) close to the end of a holiday, when one is full and cannot eat wh...

If one bakes bread close to the end of a Holiday, essentially for the weekday following, then he is liable to punishment – says Rav Chisda...