Study Berakhot folio 63B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
And in order to underscore this, tell our brethren in exile: If they obey the rabbis of Eretz Yisrael to excommunicate Ḥanina, fine; and if they do not obey us, it is as if they are seceding from the Jewish people. They should climb a mountain; Aḥiya, one of the leaders of the Babylonian Jewish com
This message had a profound impact on the people, and immediately the entire nation burst into tears, saying: God forbid. We do have a portion in the God of Israel. They reconsidered their plans to establish Babylonia as the center of the Jewish people.
The Talmud asks: Why did the rabbis of Eretz Yisrael go to that extent to stop Ḥanina? The Talmud answers: Because it is stated: “For out of Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of YHWH from Jerusalem” (Isaiah 2:3).
The Talmud considers the details of this event: Granted, Ḥanina would rule an item pure and the rabbis from Eretz Yisrael would rule it impure; they ruled stringently. But in a case where he ruled an item impure and they ruled it pure, what are the circumstances? How could they rule pure that whic
A baraita states: When our Rabbis, the rabbis of the Mishnah, entered the vineyard, the academy, in Yavne, R' Yehuda, R' Yosei, R' Neḥemya, and R' Eliezer, son of R' Yosei HaGelili, were there presiding over the rabbis. They all began to speak in honor of their hosts, the local population hosting