Beruriah Advises Her Husband and Responds to a Heretic
Certain bandits who were in the neighborhood of Rabbi Meir troubled him much. He prayed that they might die. Beruriah his wife said to him: Do you base your prayer on what is written: Let sins cease (Psalm 104:35)? Is “sinners” written? Sins is written. Furthermore, cast your eyes to the end of the verse and they are wicked no more. Since sins will…
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Beruriah’s Halakhic Ruling
t. Kelim Bava Metsi‘a 1:6
A Claustra [i.e., door hinge], Rabbi Tarfon declares unclean and the sages declare clean. And Beruriah says: One may let it fall from the doorway and may hang it on the next [doorway] on Sabbath…
Beruriah: A Woman of Wisdom in the Talmud
b. Eruvin 53b–54a|b. Pesaḥim 62b
Beruriah’s wit, insight, and authority, preserved in texts like b. Eruvin and b. Pesaḥim, challenged rabbinic norms and expanded the bounds of Torah study.
Imma Shalom, Wife of R. Eliezer
Sifra Shemini Mekhilta de-Miluim 33
It happened concerning a certain student who taught in the presence of Rabbi Eliezer. [Rabbi Eliezer] commented to his wife Imma Shalom: I wonder if [the student] will survive the week. And he did…
Imma Shalom on Modesty in Sex
b. Nedarim 20a–b
Imma Shalom was asked, “For what [reason] are your children so beautiful?” She said to them, “[My husband] does not converse with me [while engaging in sexual intercourse], neither at the beginning of…
Imma Shalom and the Philosopher
b. Shabbat 116a–b
Imma Shalom, the wife of Rabbi Eliezer, was Rabban Gamaliel’s sister. There was once a philosopher in their neighborhood, who gained a name for himself for refusing to accept bribes. They came to mock…
The Palestinian Talmud on Rabbi’s Maidservant
y. Berakhot 3:4, 6c|y. Megillah 2:2, 73a
There was the case of one who wished to have sex with the maidservant of Rabbi. She said to him: If my mistress does not immerse [after her monthly period…