The Jerusalem Talmud: First Order - Zeraim, Tractate Berakhot : Edition, Translation, and Commentary

712 Pages·1999·19.478 MB·English

by  Heinrich W. Guggenheimer (editor)

THE JERUSALEM TALMUD
FIRST ORDER: ZERAÏM
TRACTATE BERAKHOT
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WALTER DE GRUYTER · BERLIN · NEW YORK
2000
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EDITION, TRANSLATION, AND COMMENTARY
BY
HEINRICH W. GUGGENHEIMER
WALTER DE GRUYTER · BERLIN · NEW YORK
2000
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The Jerusalem Talmud: first order Zeraïm ; tractate Berakhot /
ed., transi., and commentary by Heinrich W Guggenheimer. - Berlin ;
New York : de Gruyter, 2000
(Studia Judaica ; Bd. 18)
Einheitssacht.: Talmud bavl'i {engl.)
ISBN 3-11-016591-0
ISSN 0934-2575
© Copyright 1999 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, D-10785 Berlin
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Preface
The Jerusalem Talmud is the precursor and basis of the Babylonian
Talmud, the Midrash literature, and much of synagogal poetry. It is no
exaggeration to say that a genuine understanding of all of rabbinic
literature from the first millennium C. E. requires knowledge and
understanding of the Jerusalem Talmud.
The present edition is based on the editio princeps and manuscripts,
without any emendations. A close examination of the text shows that it is
in good condition and the places where an emendation would be desirable
are few, even for a Tractate as large as the first one, Berakhot. For ease
of study, the text in the present edition has been subdivided into
paragraphs and vocalized following the rules of rabbinic Hebrew. An
extensive commentary is given. Since most of the existing commentaries
rely heavily on emendations, the commentary is based on an independent
new study, using the oldest available sources. The relation of the
Jerusalem to the Babylonian Talmud is discussed in the Introduction.
I wish to thank my wife, Dr. Eva Guggenheimer, who acted as critic,
style editor, proof reader, and expert on the Latin and Greek vocabulary.
Her own notes on some possible Latin and Greek etymologies are
identified by (E. G.).

Contents
Introductions
Introduction to Talmudic Literature
Historical Background 1
Talmud, Midrash and Synagogal Poetry 11
Survey of Times of Tanna'im and Amoraïm 15
Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmud 16
Introduction to the Talmud Yerushalmi
Text of the Jerusalem Talmud 28
Order Zeraïm 32
This Edition of the Talmud Yerushalmi 33
Tractate Berakhot 38
Chapter 1, 'ΠΟ'κη
Halakhah 1 39
Halakhah 2 86
Halakhah 3 92
Halakhah 4 95
Halakhah 5 97
Halakhah 6 109
Halakhah 7 111
Halakhah 8 117
Halakhah 9 146
Chapter 2, imp mn
VIII CONTENTS
Halakhah 1 156
Halakhah 2 174
Halakhah 3 175
Halakhah 4 196
Halakhah 5 217
Halakhah 6 224
Halakhah 7 231
Halakhah 8 238
Halakhah 9 251
Chapter 3, ina» 'a
Halakhah 1 256
Halakhah 2 283
Halakhah 3 288
Halakhah 4 295
Halakhah 5 308
Halakhah 6 324
Chapter 4, ιπ®π nVsn
Halakhah 1 327
Halakhah 2 361
Halakhah 3 366
Halakhah 4 382
Halakhah 5 389
Halakhah 6 396
Chapter 5, paw fX
Halakhah 1 403
Halakhah 2 423
Halakhah 3 438
Halakhah 4 440
Halakhah S 445
Halakhah 6 453
CONTENTS IX
Chapter 6, pnao τϊό
Halakhah 1 455
Halakhah 2 481
Halakhah 3 485
Halakhah 4 486
Halakhah 5 490
Halakhah 6 495
Halakhah 7 502
Halakhah 8 503
Chapter 7, ltaKW roto
Halakhah 1 507
Halakhah 2 521
Halakhah 3 529
Halakhah 4 536
Halakhah 5 539
Halakhah 6 542
Chapter 8, D'iai ito
Halakhah 1 550
Halakhah 2 559
Halakhah 3 571
Halakhah 4 572
Halakhah 5 576
Halakhah 6 579
Halakhah 7 583
Halakhah 8 592
Halakhah 9 594
Chapter 9, πκηη
Halakhah 1 599
Halakhah 2 620
χ CONTENTS
Halakhah 3 629
Halakhah 4 661
Halakhah 5 663
Halakhah 6 667
Halakhah 7 675
INDICES
Index of Biographical Notes 689
Index of Biblical Quotations 692
Index of Greek and Latin Words 695
General Index 697