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Q: "Masekhtot Banayikh": The Origins of an Expression

Shimon bMI recently found out that four of the masekhtot in the Bavli conclude with the same drosh by R' Elazar, and that those four masekhtot are known by a special name as a result. The drosh concerns the fact that Torah scholars bring peace to the word, and hinges on the pronunciation of the word בניך....

 
 
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8:05 PM
@IsaacMoses many thanks!
I'll use judaism.stackexchange.com/a/98408/170 since it includes "umasiin al pi bas kol", which is IIRC a quotation from the mishna in the chapter in question.
 
8:34 PM
@msh210 You're welcome. Yeyasher kochacha on the learning!
 
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Q: Are there "don't read X but Y" that differentiate between Tzere and Segol or Patach and Kamatz?

Al BerkoTo continue the Nikkud saga (thanks Kazi and Double), many (Kabbalic something) books speak of the huge spiritual differences between similar vowels, like Kamatz is [Kabbalically from] Chochmah and Patach is [Kabbalically from] Binah. Are there examples of "אל תקרא א אלא ב" that are based on the...

 
8:59 PM
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Q: Is there any chance a man can get the death penalty for causing a miscarriage?

user4951According to this article yes: And if men struggle with each other and strike a woman with child so that she has a miscarriage, yet there is no [further] injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman's husband may demand of him; and he shall pay as the judges decide. But if there is any...

 
 
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11:57 PM
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Q: Does an eye for an eye means monetary compensation?

user4951That's what I've heard it means. So the judges don't really pluck out the other defendants' eyes due to a plaintiff complaints. However, the judge would require the defendant to compensate for the loss of eyes of the plaintiff. A verse attract my attention 22 “If people are fighting and hit ...

 

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