EPISODE · Jul 11, 2022 · 20 MIN
Ketubot 5: When to Stick Your Fingers in Your Ears
from Talking Talmud · host Yardaena Osband & Anne Gordon
Anne here: Apologies for the late release, and in a new masekhet, no less! My phone seems to be the culprit. Obviously, I'm working to rectify. || A challenging daf... Strange in terms of Hilkhot Shabbat and unintended consequences - and the virgin bride. Specifically, breaking the hymen would be a epind on Shabbat, but why can't their first night be Saturday night? Why do "calculations" or planning get in the way? Some kinds of thinking and planning, even on teaching, are indeed acceptable on Shabbat. And yet... enough things block the shabbat marriage. What are the sages' intentions in exploring the unintended act in Shabbat - and the wedding? Also, a piece of Aggadah - acclaiming the righteous people for accomplishing even more than God, in creation. Including what people need to do to be righteous, and also why this passage is here in this dad's context.
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Anne here: Apologies for the late release, and in a new masekhet, no less! My phone seems to be the culprit. Obviously, I'm working to rectify. || A challenging daf... Strange in terms of Hilkhot Shabbat and unintended consequences - and the virgin bride. Specifically, breaking the hymen would be a epind on Shabbat, but why can't their first night be Saturday night? Why do "calculations" or planning get in the way? Some kinds of thinking and planning, even on teaching, are indeed acceptable on Shabbat. And yet... enough things block the shabbat marriage. What are the sages' intentions in exploring the unintended act in Shabbat - and the wedding? Also, a piece of Aggadah - acclaiming the righteous people for accomplishing even more than God, in creation. Including what people need to do to be righteous, and also why this passage is here in this dad's context.
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