Gemara:

Aggadeta,  Eruvin 

Mishna:

Brachot,  Sukkah 

Collections: R' Etshalom Hazal on Hazal

Description

Agadot Hazal - those sections of Rabbinic literature that are non-normative, neither legally prescriptive nor proscriptive, are a treasure-trove of perspectives and attitudes towards an unlimited range of topics. In this series, we will look at Agadot Hazal - both in Bavli and in Midrashic collections - that speak of the enterprise of Torah sheBa'al Peh and the transmission and development of Halakhah. To wit - an Aggadic window into the world of the Beit Midrash. In this sixth installment, we continue and, provisionally, complete our analysis of the ongoing dispute between Beit Shamai and Beit Hillel