Study Chagigah folio 15A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
I can have sex several times without blood. In other words, I can have sex with a woman while leaving her hymen intact. If this is so, it is possible that the assumed virgin had sex in this manner and is forbidden to the High Priest. Or, perhaps a person who can act like Shmuel is not common and th
The Talmud asks: How could she possibly become pregnant in such a manner? Didn’t Shmuel say: Any semen that is not shot like an arrow cannot fertilize? The Talmud answers: This does not mean that it must be shot like an arrow at the moment of fertilization. Even if initially, when released from th
With regard to the fate of ben Zoma, A baraita states: There was once an incident with regard to R' Yehoshua ben Ḥananya, who was standing on a step on the Temple Mount, and ben Zoma saw him and did not stand before him to honor him, as he was deep in thought. R' Yehoshua said to him: From where do
The Talmud explains: Now, this verse: “And the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters,” when was it stated? On the 1st day, whereas the division of the waters occurred on the 2nd day, as it is written: “And let it divide the waters from the waters” (Genesis 1:6). How, then, could ben Zo
§ The Talmud stated earlier that Aḥer chopped down the saplings, becoming a heretic. With regard to him, the verse states: “Do not let your mouth bring your flesh into guilt” (Ecclesiastes 5:5). The Talmud poses a question: What was it that led him to heresy? He saw the angel Mitatron, who was gran