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Summary: Ulla cites Nedarim 22a. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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Had her mother not seen inappropriate [ aziva ] matters or behavior in her that should be stopped, she would not have taken a vow with regard to her for nothing; had you known that the neighbors would say that, would you have taken a vow with regard to her? She said to him: No, and he dissolved the vow for her. The Gemara relates: The son of the daughter of Rabbi Yannai the Elder came before Rabbi Yannai the Elder to dissolve a vow. He said to him: Had you known that when you make a vow they open your record book [ pinekas ] in heaven and examine your actions, would you have vowed? He said to him: No, and he dissolved the vow for him. Rabbi Abba said: What is the verse from which it is derived that taking a vow leads to one’s deeds being examined? It is “And after vows to make inquiry” (Proverbs 20:25). This is interpreted to mean that after one takes a vow, his actions are reviewed in h…
Summary: Ulla cites Kiddushin 31a. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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she persuades him with many statements of encouragement and does not treat him harshly. Therefore, in the mitzva of: “Honor your father and your mother” (Exodus 20:11), the Holy One, Blessed be He, preceded the mention of the honor due one’s father before mentioning the honor due one’s mother. The verse emphasizes the duty that does not come naturally. Similarly, it is revealed and known before the One Who spoke and the world came into being that a son fears his father more than his mother, because his father teaches him Torah, and consequently he is strict with him. Therefore, in the verse: “A man shall fear his mother and his father” (Leviticus 19:3), the Holy One, Blessed be He, preceded the mention of fear of the mother before the mention of fear of the father. A tanna taught a baraita before Rav Naḥman: When a person causes his father and mother suffering, the Holy One, Blessed be H…
Summary: Ulla cites Sotah 4b. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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Is this speaking of a case where the loaf is made of wheat, which is slippery and takes longer to remove, or is this speaking of a case where the loaf is made of barley, which is easily removed? Is this speaking of a case where the loaf is soft, so that it may catch upon the side of the basket, or a case where the loaf is hard, where this is not a concern? The Gemara states: These questions shall stand unresolved. The Gemara notes: Rav Yitzḥak bar Rav Yosef says that Rabbi Yoḥanan says: Each and every one of these Sages who presented an opinion with regard to the time needed for the initial stage of intercourse estimated based on himself, i.e., based on his own experience. The Gemara asks: But there is ben Azzai, who did not marry, so how could he estimate based on his own experience? The Gemara answers: If you wish, say that he was married and separated from his wife. And if you wish, s…
Summary: Ulla cites Ketubot 40b. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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the needlecraft of a tailor, a common, less valuable skill, is the fine also thirty sela ? Rather, just as with regard to the slaves, the sum is not dependent on the standing of the victim, so too with regard to a woman who was raped. Rather, Rabbi Zeira said a different proof: Had two men engaged in forced intercourse with her, one vaginal intercourse, and one anal intercourse, they will say: If one who engaged in forced intercourse with an untainted virgin pays fifty sela , does one who engaged in forced intercourse with her when she is tainted, i.e., after she has engaged in anal intercourse, also pay fifty sela ? Apparently, the fifty sela is the fixed sum of the fine, while the rest of the payment varies on a case-by-case basis. Abaye said to him: This too is no proof, as if so, with regard to a slave as well, they will say if one whose ox gored a healthy slave pays thirty sela , do…
Summary: Ulla cites Deuteronomy כח:סה. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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Yet even among those nations you shall find no peace, nor shall your foot find a place to rest. G OD will give you there an anguished heart and eyes that pine and a despondent spirit.
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Summary: Ulla cites Deuteronomy ה:טז. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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Honor your father and your mother, as the E TERNAL your God has commanded you, that you may long endure, and that you may fare well, in the land that the E TERNAL your God is assigning to you.
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