The Babylonian Talmud on Rabbi’s Maidservant
b. Shabbat 152a
[A]nd had not Barzilai the Gileadite said to David: “I am this day eighty years old . . . Can your servant taste what he eats?” (2 Samuel 19:35). This means that the lips of old folk become tattered . . . Said Rav: Barzilai the Gileadite was a liar, as there was this maidservant in the house of Rabbi who…
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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…
Rabbi’s Maidservant on Striking an Adult Son
b. Mo‘ed Katan 17a
What is [the story mentioned by R. Samuel bar Naḥmani involving] the maidservant in the house of Rabbi? [It was related] that the maidservant in Rabbi’s house saw a certain man who was striking his…
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…