Guide
The Signs of One Mentally Impaired
Related Primary Sources
Primary Source
The Palestinian Talmud on Mental Impairment
y. Terumot 1:1, 40b
Hebrew[What are] the signs [symptoms] of the mentally impaired?One who goes out [alone] at night.One who spends the night in the graveyard.One who tears his clothing.One who destroys what is given to…
Primary Source
The Babylonian Talmud on Mental Impairment
b. Ḥagigah 3b–4a
Aramaic; quotations in Hebrew
The sages taught: Who is mentally impaired [shoteh]? One who goes out alone at night. One who spends the night in the graveyard. One who tears…
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Ancient Rabbinic Medical Concepts and Taxonomies
1st–6th Centuries