The Nautical Minds of the Talmud

Index

Howard — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 12:17:00 -0400

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

LM1, Lesson #2

Howard — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:12:00 -0400

what if not?

netx 3

Howard — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:58:00 -0400

Ancient boat shows Jewish maritime life

Howard — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 09:57:00 -0500

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

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

Howard — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:56:00 -0500

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

Seek Human Aid on Shabbat Taanis 14A

Howard — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:32:00 -0500

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.

Rav Nachman's Song of Delight on God's Glory in the Nature of the Seas

Howard — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:05:00 -0500

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.

Prayer for the Shipboard Community- Rosh Hashanah 17B

Howard — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:08:00 -0500

Come and learn from a Braraisa where Psalm 107 is quoted as follows: "Those who go down to the merchant ships, ...

Likutey Moharan

Howard — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:14:00 -0500

The Kaballah teaches us that it is possible to associate every Hebrew word to one of G-d's names. For example ...

The Great Sea Monster The Leviathan - Tractate Baba Bathra 75a

Howard — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:57:00 -0500

A chase of Leviathan; for it is said: Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a fish hook? Or press down ...

A Remedy for Fever - Shabbath 67a

Howard — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:53:00 -0500

For a tertian fever one should obtian seven prickles from seven palm trees, seven chips from seven beams, seven pegs ...

Sea Peoples and Dan

Howard — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:14:00 -0500

We will check with our Rabbinical adviser to determine the acceptability of this account of Dan. It is currently posted ...

Divorce – Gittin 7b

Howard — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:35:00 -0500

Dirt from outside Israel, on a boat in Israeli waters: Gittin 7b
Requiring verification where the Get was brought on ...

The singing of sailors

Howard — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:35:00 -0500

“R. Huna said: The singing of sailors and ploughmen is permitted, but that of weavers is prohibited. R. Huna abolished ...

Using the Stars - Horayoth 10a

Howard — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:34:00 -0500

“Since it is stated, In the house of freedom it must be inferred that until then he was a servant; ...

The Wealth of Rabbi Akiba - Nedarim 50a

Howard — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:32:00 -0500

From six incidents did R. Akiba become rich: From Kalba Shebu'a From a ship's ram. For every ship is provided ...

A Sea Tale of R. Gamaliel - Baba Mezi'a 59b R.

Howard — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:31:00 -0500

"A Tanna taught: Great was the calamity that befell that day, for everything at which R. Eliezer cast his eyes ...

The Righteosness of Sailors - Niddah 14a

Howard — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:31:00 -0500

Camel riders are forbidden to eat terumah. So it was also taught: All camel-drivers are wicked, all sailors are righteous, ...

Abraham the Captian - and Baba Basra 200

Howard — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:30:00 -0500

R. Hanan b. Rabha in the name of Rabh said again: On the day when Abraham our father departed from ...

Abraham the Captian - Baba Bathra 91b

Howard — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:29:00 -0500

R. Hanan b. Raba further said in the name of Rab: On the day when Abraham our father passed away ...

Sailors Come from the Tribe of Zebulin - Pesachim 4A

Howard — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:29:00 -0500

"There was this man who would commonly say: "On the shore of the sea I will establish a palace. They ...

The World to Come - Kethuboth 111b

Howard — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:28:00 -0500

"And of the blood of the grape thou drankest foaming wine. It was inferred: The world to come is not ...

Disease - Berakoth 8a

Howard — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:28:00 -0500

"For it is said: The issues of death, and the numerical value of Toza'oth is so. The worst of them ...

Travels of Ravin

Howard — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:27:00 -0500

"His arrival, along with the rest of the "seafarers" who had travelled from Israel to Bavel" Succah 43b; Niddah 10b...

Zeiri's Notebook shabbat 156a

Howard — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:01:00 -0500

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.

Using the Sea Eruvin 8a

Howard — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:00:00 -0500

Mareimar didn't permit the people of Sura to consider the sea an enclosure for their alleys, lest the sea deposit sufficient silt to create land:

Solomon's Sea Power - 2nd Chronicals 8:17, 8:18; 9; Isaiah 60:9

Howard — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 07:55:00 -0500

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

Strategically, ancient Israel was well located at the ...

What is the Talmud?

Howard — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 16:58:00 -0500

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.

Selling a Ship

Howard — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 16:56:00 -0500

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.

Ritual Purity at Sea

Howard — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:39:00 -0500

Shabbath 83b

MISHNAH. How DO WE KNOW THAT A SHIP IS CLEAN? BECAUSE IT IS SAID, THE WAY OF A ...