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When the Talmud mentioned letting blood from below it meant below the testicles, and when it mentioned letting blood from above it meant above the testicles.
It was taught: And dodder eaten not in its time, before it is ripe, causes harm. The Talmud explains: A Sage taught: Just as eating dodder not in its time is harmful to the body, so too, eating it in its time, when it is ripe, is good for the body. Rav Pappa said: Its time is Tammuz, in the summ
§ The Talmud returns to its discussion of the halakhot mentioned in the Mishnah. The Mishnah teaches: If he said: Write a bill of divorce for my wife, when he was lucid, and was then afflicted with temporary insanity and he retracted his previous statement and said: Do not write it, his latter stat
The Talmud elaborates: What is the reason for the opinion of Reish Lakish? As it teaches in the Mishnah: His final statement is considered to be nothing, which indicates that his initial statement stands and the court should act in accordance with his instructions. By contrast, R' Yoḥanan could hav
The Talmud asks: With regard to what principle do Reish Lakish and R' Yoḥanan disagree? Reish Lakish compares one afflicted with temporary insanity to one who is sleeping. If one said to write a bill of divorce and went to sleep then the court may write it without waiting for him to awaken. And R'