Babylonian Talmud

Rodkinson 1918 — source 20, scan section 53

When a man is bitten by a mad dog. The five things mentioned as symp- toms of a dog's madness. What happened to R. Johanan and the matron of Rome. How the Sabbath must be superseded when life is threatened. The question put to R. Ishmael, R. Aqiba, and R. Eliezer b. Azariah when on the road about the same, and what they answered, . . 122-132 MlSHN.\ VI. For what transgressions the Day of Atonement atones. Does the Day of Atonement atone him who says : I will sin and God will forgive me? What penitence atones for? What R. Eliezer b. Azariah, while in Rome, was asked by R. Mathiah b. Hercsh, and what he answered. What is called defamation of God. How penitence is great : it reaches the throne of His glory. How repentance is great : when an individual repents, the whole world is pardoned. Whether one who has confessed his sins on one Day of Atonement has also to confess on the next one ? The sin of Moses is compared to a woman who has eaten fruit on the Sabbatical year, and David's to a woman who has really sinned. He who has provoked his neighbor, even by words, must appease him. At what place in the prayer should he confess? What the disciples of R. Ishmael taught, . 132-142 Appendix. The letter of a Gentile who lias witnessed the ceremo- nies of Passover, and the procession of the high-priest to and from the Temple, I43~'47 SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS OF TRACT HAGIGA. CHAPTER I. MiSHNA I. The law concerning the Holocaust, and who are exempt from it. What is the law in the case of one who is half a bondman and hall free? Johanan b. Broka and R. Elazar b. Hasma have related to their master the wonderful lecture of R. Joshua, and what he rejoined. What is called a fool? The law about the lame, blind, and sick. An entire series of passages from Scripture which the different rabbis wept over when they met them in their studies, and the reason of it. What is meant by "evils and troubles," written in Deut. xxxi. 21 ? What will become of us with the Minim ? For three things the Holy One, blessed be He, weeps every day. What happened to Rabbi and R. Hyya while on the road with the blind scholar, and his beautiful blessings. The law as to minorily, and at what age a child is exempt from this condition, ..... 1-13 MiSHNAS II. to V. The law regarding the offerings which may or may not be brought from the money of the second-tithe. Peace-offerings and burnt-ofiferings of the pilgrims are divided according to their circumstances. The different opinions of the rabbis regarding the passage : " What is crooked cannot be made straight." The explanation of Elijah to Ben Hei Hei regarding the passage cf Is. xlviii. 10. About a scholar who has separated himself from the Law. The laws about the dissolving of vows hang in the air, and which laws are suspended by a hair, and which of them are the essential parts of the Law, 13-20 CHAPTER II. MiSHNA I. Concerning the discussion of illegal unions, the creation, and the divine chariot. By ten things the world was created : by wisdom, by knowledge, etc. Which was first created, the earth or the heavens ? What is meant by the term " heavens " ? Woe to the creatures which see and know not what they see, which stand and know not upon what they stand. The names of the seven heavens, and what is contained therein. What an«. iv SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS. swer (lid the heavenly voice make to that wicked man when he said ; "I will ascend above the heigiits of the clouds," etc. ? To whom the secrets of the Law may be imparted. The king among living creatures is a lion, among domestic beasts an o.\, among birds an eagle, after which comes man, but the Lord takes His place proudly above tiiem all. The thousands of troops who minister unto him. The stream of fire which is issued . . . comes from before him. Where it comes from. About the nme hundred and seventy- four generations which were held back from being created. What are the eighteen curses of Isaiah. Even at the time of the destruction of Jerusalem there did not cease from them faithful men. About the four who entered in the heavenly garden (Pardes). The legends of A'her concerning R. Meir his disciple when he was alive and after his death, and also what R. Johanan said and did. About what Rabba bar Shila questioned Elijah, and his an- swer. What R. Jehudah questioned Samuel about the world to come, and what the latter rejoined. Nimus of Gardi and R. Meir (see note). The six things regarding th« demons. Every one who gazes upon three things, his eyes grow weak, .......... 21-38 MiSHNAS II. to IV. The difference of opinions concerning the princes and the chiefs of courts. About the law of laying the hand on the offers on a festival. Which is the feast in which thou makest proclamation and reapest ? About the garments of a common person which are defiled l^y pressure for Pharisees, 38-43 CHAPTER III. MiSHNAS I. to IX. All of them treat about the details of the rigorous rules of heave-offerings, and vice versa. The conditions in Judah and in Gali- lee as to which of the inhabitants are trusted and which are not. About the salamander and the fire of Gehenna, and that the fire of Gehenna will not affect the sinners of Israel, who are full of merit as a pomegranate is full of seed, 44-54 SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS OP VOLUME VII.— TRACT BETZAH.* CHAPTER I. MiSHNA I. Why a new-born thing on a festival must not be used on the same day. The different opinions for the reason of it. How is the case with the same on the two festival days which are kept in exile only but not in Palestine ? How is the case when a Sabbath falls on one of the two days of the exile festivals? And how is the law of the same on the two days of New Year, which are kept in Palestine also — are they considered as one sacredness or two? About a burial on festivals and New Year. An animal or fowl whose blood must be covered when slaughtered, in which case they may be slaughtered on a festival. And how is it with a cross which is doubtful, if it is considered a wild or a domestic animal. The ordinance of Rabbanjohanan b. Zakkai, ...... I-^S MiSHNAS II. to VIII. Concerning the preparing of doves of the cots ^or the festival, and their removal from one cot to another. The shutters of shops, may they be removed ? If birds have removed from their prepared place ? If one has prepared black pigeons and finds white ones, or more or less than he has prepared previously. Which utensils are allowed to be used for the purpose they were made, and for other purposes. If the tallow of the slaughtered on the festival may be salted. The three things the finishing of which is allowed. What it is allowed to carry on public