Gemara

But when they reentered the realm of the mundane, the Gemara describes an intolerance for physical and everyday pursuits.

Since the Gemara does not present this proof, apparently both are Chasam Sofer, Yoreh Deah 74, who refutes his proof).

The Gemara ( 59b) says that the angels would prepare food for Adam – barbecue meat and decanter wine – while Adam did not lift a finger.

As far as women studying Gemara – there is no real change here in accepted halachic norms.

Much of the credit for the Daf Yomi, for the countless people who learn it daily, for the tens of millions of blatt gemara learned in the last seven and a half years, goes to his mother.

A statement of R. Yitzhak b. Abdimi’s contradicts R. Yohanan, and the Gemara ends up saying R. Yohanan recommended only that a woman find a way to indicate her interest in procreation, not say it outright.

Interestingly, the Gemara says that the four have powers that seem kabalistic in nature to us.

Indeed, the Gemara’s posture is to protect the victim from physical harm.

The Gemara makes no mention of the need to this animal.

The issue comes up in our Gemara.

Compilation of the Gemara While still young, Rav Ashi became the head of the Sura Academy, his great learning being acknowledged by the older teachers.

Each paragraph is printed on its own, and followed by the relevant Gemara discussion.

Gemara main In the three centuries following the redaction of the Mishnah, rabbis in Israel and Babylonia analyzed, debated, and discussed that work.

Gemara means “completion” (from the Hebrew gamar main גמר : "to complete") or "learning" (from the Aramaic : "study").

If a principle is presented as a generalization, the gemara clarifies how much is included; if an exception, how much is excluded.

If a statement appears obvious, the Gemara seeks the logical reason for its necessity.

If a statement is not clear enough, the Gemara seeks to clarify the Mishna's intention.

Much of the Gemara consists of legal analysis.

Neither the Jerusalem nor the Babylonian Talmud covers the entire Mishnah: for example, a Babylonian Gemara exists only for 37 out of the 63 tractates of the Mishnah.

On this view the text did not reach its final form until around 700. Some modern scholars use the term Stammaim (from the Hebrew Stam, meaning "closed", "vague" or "unattributed") for the authors of unattributed statements in the Gemara.