A Holy Place in the World to Come
Yosef, the son of Rebbe Yehoshua, was sick and temporarily expired (Bava Basra 10b). During that brief lapse, he was given a glimpse of the World to Come.
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Seder Nezikin · dafim 2–176
Bava Basra
Finished December 18, 2024 in this cycle. 33 articles, 23 stories
Map of the dafim
Articles, in daf order
Your Loss Is Your Gain
The Gemara (Pesachim 87b) records a conversation that Hashem had with Hoshea HaNavi that is not mentioned at all in Tanach. Tosfos and Rashi both explain, however, how this conversation is alluded to in the verses.
Fair and Square
In July 2001, Chief Justice Roy Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court had a massive granite monument – it weighed more than two tons – of the Ten Commandments placed in the Alabama state judicial building.
Stories in Bava Basra
Hashem Rebukes Hoshea HaNavi
When Hoshea suggests that Hashem exchange Klal Yisrael for another nation, Hashem rebukes him: a father never trades his children. Hoshea then prays for them.
Yosef Sees an Upside-Down World
Rebbe Yehoshua's son Yosef briefly dies and glimpses the World to Come, reporting an inverted world and the exalted place of those executed by the government.
Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai’s Nephews and the Lost Dinarim
Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai dreams his nephews will lose 700 dinarim, so he has them give tzedakah. The Kaiser’s officers take only the 17 that remain.
Luleyanus and Pappas Save the Jews of Lod
When Trajan blames the Jews for his daughter's murder, the brothers Luleyanus and Pappas falsely confess, giving their lives to save the community.
