Gemara:

Bava Metzia 

Parsha:

Behar 

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 second installment, we reassess "The Oven of Akhnai" within its broader context