Commerce 
The Law of the Ship

Carrying At Sea 

Divorce – Gittin 7b
Dirt from outside Israel, on a boat in Israeli waters: Gittin 7b
Requiring verification where the Get was brought on a boat on the Rivers of Israel or in the Mediterranean territorial waters of Israel: Gittin 7b-8a

Fishing 
Tractate Nedarim Folio 20a 
Baba Bathra 21b The Fisherman’s Livelyhood 
Baba Bathra 78b 
The Holy Temple 
Gitting 56a The Distruction of the Temple 
Set Sail on a Ship 

Food 
Abodah Zarah 40a Cuisine 
Abodah Zarah 40b Permitted Foods
Abodah Zarah 10b 
Baba Bathra 78b 

Items Lost at Sea 
Baba Mezi'a 58a Lost 
Baba Mezi'a 24b Finding Lost Goods 
Tractate Baba Mezi'a Baba Mezi'a 43a 
Baba Mezi'a 29b 
Abodah Zarah 62a 
Baba Mezi'a 87a Rudders as Measurement 
Baba Bathra 78b Merchandise

Marriage 
Yebamoth 115a The Aguna 
Kethuboth 61a Marital Relations 
Kethuboth 62a Marital Relations 
Berakoth 11a The Principal of Being Agitated 
Berakoth 16b The Principal of Being Agitated

Mystical 
Tractate Berakoth 8a Death 
Kethuboth 111b The World to Come 
Pesachim 4: Sailors Come from the Tribe of Zebulin 
Baba Bathra 91b Abraham the Captian 
Baba Basra 200 Abraham the Captian 
Niddah 14a The Righteosness of Sailors 
Baba Mezi'a 59b R. Gamaliel 
Nedarim 50a The Wealth of Rabbi Akiba

Prayer 
Berakoth 28b Prayer 
Baba Mezi'a 59b R. Gamaliel’s Prayer 
Berakoth 11a Saying the Shema 
Niddah 31a 
Berakoth 30b Time for  Saying the Shema 
Niddah 31a The Blasphemer

Seamanship 
Sotah 48a Sailors Can Sing 
Horayoth 10a Using the Stars 

Sea Monsters 
Baba Basra 203 Monster Waves and Hashem 
Baba Basra 204  Fish Stories – “If I had not been there, I should not have believed it.” 
Baba Basra 205 The Voice of Heaven 
Baba Basra 208 The Leviathan 
Baba Basra 208 The Ruler of the Sea 
Baba Basra 208 The Jordan and the Levitan 
Baba Basra 208 The Sea-Goat 
Baba Basra 208 The tale of the Diamond the Snake and the Diver 
Baba Basra 208 Fear of the Unknown 

Selling A Boat 
Baba Basra 167: Selling a Boat 
Baba Basra 168: Transfer of Ownership 
Kethuboth 85a Acquisition 

Shabbas Observance 
Shabbath 60b Festival Observance 
Shabbat 93: Shabbas Observance While On Board 
Shabbath 111a Knots 
Shabbath 156a 

Ritual Purity
Baba Kama 46 Discovering Tuma in the Hold 
Tractate Nazir Becoming Unclean Abroad 

Trade Routes 
Abodah Zarah 34b  By Way of Tyre 
Yebamoth 115b From Spain 
Baba Basra 208 For upon seas and rivers he hath established it 

More on the vessel discovered in coastal lagoon near northern city of Haifa from Associated Press Published:  01.25.07, 19:59 

A boat that plied the coast of the Holy Land 1,300 years ago carrying fish, carobs and olives is helping researchers better understand a little-known period in the region's history.

The boat, discovered in a coastal lagoon near the northern city of Haifa, dates from the early 8th century, not long after the rise of Islam and the Arab conquest of the Middle East. The find suggests that a long tradition of sea trade was not disrupted by the arrival of new rulers from the Arabian Desert.

See: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3356944,00.html for the rest of the piece

An eighth-century shipwreck was discovered off Israel’s northern coast.

Though the 50-foot-long boat was discovered almost a decade ago, Haifa University’s Institute for Maritime Studies announced the find Tuesday after completing its research into the vessel.

"We do not have any other historical or archaeological evidence of the economic activity and commerce of this period," said the university’s Ya’acov Kahanov.

"The shipwreck will serve as a source of information about the social and economic activities in this area."

In addition to the wooden hull, many of the boat’s contents were preserved.

Among them are 30 vessels of pottery of different sizes and designs containing fish bones, ropes, mats, a bone needle, a wooden spoon, wood carvings and food remains, mainly carobs and olives.

See link: http://jta.org/page_view_breaking_story.asp?intid=6549

We learn in a clarifying Brisa that crying out for human help on Shabbas for a ship floundering at sea and other immanent dangers is acceptable, according to Rav Yosi.

He holds that calling out to G-d, is not allowed because of the uncertainty of the response marring the sanctity of the Sabbas. Rashi clarifies that Rav Yosi is referring to a dramatic public prayer. It is not the Jewish customer to morn publicly on Shabbas so this thinking is consistent. Private prayer is acceptable.   

Rivers, streams, channels of abundant waters, and seas  great and small,

Woundrous, diverse in colors, tastes and characters,

Swarming with creatures small and great - each one contains species without number.

All laud and praise God with all their limbs.

They constantly utter words and never deny their Ruler.

Precious jewels and pearls glint in their depths:

Hidden within them are the lights of their vessels.

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Rabbis of the Talmud kept notebooks

"Zeiri His notebook: Shabbat 156a"

"Levi's notebook: Shabbat 156a"

These personal compilation of learning and ideas are keep in Yeshivas to this day. This blog is such a "Pinchas" - a modest personal collection of ideas from across the sea of Shas and Tanach.

However modest, subjective, error ridden and personally indulgent this effort is dedicated to my boys - Yonatan Simcha and Dov Alexander. Both are experiences sailors and dedicated Bnai Torah. They will get why this is being written. My daugher too - Elana Rachel. We have all sailed the sea of Torah together as well as the Great Canadian Lakes in my sailboat - "The Boat".

Appreciation is express for http://www.aishdas.org/webshas/ and their search engine.

Solomon's extensive sea trade and diplomacy was enabled by naval technology from the Phoenicians, Egyptians and others. 

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Talmud is a Hebrew word that means learning. The Talmud is the most important work of learning in Judaism. It is a collection of the Torah she-Ba-al Peh, the Oral Law, that was given to Moshe at Sinai together with the Written Law. The Talmud was passed down in an unbroken chain of oral tradition for generations until it was written down around 500 CE. The Talmud is also known as the Gemara, an Aramaic word that means completion or tradition.

Tractate Baba Bathra Folio 73a

MISHNAH. He who sells a ship sells its contents: mast, sails anchor and all the implements needed for directing it, but he does not sell the crew, bags or stores. If, however the vendor says: It and all that it contains, then all these are included in the sail.

Shabbath 83b

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Baba Bathra 74b

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