Study Yoma folio 37B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
Abaye said: Although gold is not suitable for knife blades, as it is too soft for use in slaughter, the Mishnah is referring to knife handles. The Talmud raises an objection from a different baraita: King Munbaz also made the bases of vessels, the grips of vessels, the handles of vessels, and th
§ The Mishnah continues: Queen Helene, his mother, fashioned a decorative gold chandelier above the entrance of the Sanctuary. It was taught in a Mishnah: When the sun rose, sparks of light would emanate from the chandelier, which was polished, and everyone knew that the time to recite Shema had arr
The Talmud raises an objection: One who recites Shema in the morning with the men of the priestly watch, who served in the Temple during a given week, or with the men of the non-priestly watch, designated groups of Israelites who accompanied the priestly watch to Jerusalem that week, did not fulfi
§ The Mishnah relates: Queen Helene also fashioned a golden tablet on which the sota Torah portion was written. The Talmud comments: You learn from this that one may write a scroll that contains only several portions of the Torah, from which a child may be taught. The rabbis disputed whether it is
The Talmud raises an objection from the halakhot of sota: When the scribe writes the sota scroll, he looks and writes that which is written on the tablet. Apparently, the full text of the passage was written on the tablet. The Talmud rejects this: Emend the baraita and say: He looks and writes like