Commentary: On the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Rosh Hashanah
When R. Zera ascended [from Babylonia to the land of Israel], he sent [a letter] to them: It is necessary for the night and the day to be of the new month. And this is what Abba, father of R. Simlai, said: They calculate its birth—if [the new moon] was “born” before midday, it is known that it will be visible near sunset; if it was not born before…
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Responsum: On the Testimony of Forced Converts
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Book of the Orchard: On the Importance of Custom
Sefer ha-pardes
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Commentary on al-Fāsī: On the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Ḥullin
Commentary on al-Fāsī on b. Ḥullin 33a
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Teaching on the Menstruant
Baraita de-nidah, 4:3
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Commentary: On Sifre and Sifra
Commentary on Sifre Numbers 115
And God said to Moses . . . and they shall make fringes for themselves (Numbers 15:37–38). Women are included as well. R. Simeon exempts women from the requirement to wear ritual fringes because…