Is there a Talmud twitter for crowdsourced questions about the Talmud? @EntheoloJew @vpcalabrese @eli_rosenblatt Who should I follow? I have questions.
I mean, like, questions generated by studying with my hevruta. (We have been in the first chapter of Brakhot for ..... a very long time.)
Okay, while I have you all gathered here: here's question #1, from Brakhot end of 8a (in Hebrew Steinsaltz) (or beginning of 8b in Vilna?) - We were so puzzled by the passage about Rav Papa and the "bed of an Aramit".... https://www.sefaria.org/Berakhot.8a?lang=bi
Is there any historical context for this? It seems like some kind of ancient world blood libel? It's so strange.
You can follow @jbsteinhardt.
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