As part of his Legal Fictions creative project, Dovid Campbell reimagines the content of Mishna Yevamot 16:6 in an evocative narrative.| The Lehrhaus
The classification of certain people as "athenes" receives wide expression in Talmudic stories and even practical halakhic application. Shayna Herszage-Feldan considers the varieties of asthenes descriptions in Talmudic texts, proposing that the category encompasses the condition that is today diagnosed as contamination-focused obsessive compulsive disorder. The post “Asthenes” as a Jewish Textual Reference to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder appeared first on The Lehrhaus.| The Lehrhaus
Max Hollander analyzes the Talmudic narrative of Pardes and the four rabbis who entered it.| The Lehrhaus