The Talmud: Difference between revisions

** Some say this is why the first page of each tractate is ''page 2'' (bet) rather than page 1 (alef). They say that the Talmud really has no beginning or end, so you need to keep that in mind before going in. Others simply say that page 1 is the cover page.

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: The Jerusalem Talmud as compared to the Babylonian Talmud. Comparable stories are often more intense and explicit. Technically the Jerusalem Talmud predates the Babylonian Talmud, making the latter [[Lighter and Softer]], but most people start studying with the Babylonian, and many never come to the Jerusalem.

{{quote| (Hillel) also saw a skull floating on the water. He said to it, "Because you drowned someone you were drowned, and in the end those who drowned you will be drowned."}}

* [[Ho Yay]]: Rabbi Yohanan and Resh Lakish in Bava Metzia 84a. Resh Lakish sees Rabbi Yohanan bathing in the Jordan, thinks he's a woman, and pole vaults the river on his lance. When he discovers his gender mistake, he says to Rabbi Yohanan, "Your beauty for women!". They become at the very least [[Heterosexual Life Partners]], and brothers-in-law to boot, as Resh Lakish marries Rabbi Yohanan's sister.