Showing posts with label clothing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label clothing. Show all posts

Saturday, 4 January 2014

yoma 35

constantly changing clothes morning and night.
The High Priest to serve and the woman to seduce.

(the many costume changes of the High Priest on Yom Kippur, and later in the page is described how Yosef resisted Potiphar's wife. she would try to seduce him by constantly changing her costume...)

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

pesachim 109

roasted grains and nuts for children
new clothes for women
wine for men

but the demons like things in pairs...

(this page begins to discuss the seder and ends in demons. Children were given nuts and grains to keep them awake. There is an aspect of festivals to be happy, this is expressed in eating meat. or, for women - new clothes. and for men, wine. There is a concern however not to drink an even number of glasses of wine, because that makes you vulnerable to demons... apparently. But it's going to be ok! on seder night, it is a night of watching and extra protection, so our 4 glasses of wine at seder are safe...)

Saturday, 1 June 2013

eruvin 85

the rich and the poor

those who live in structures that aren't proper residencies (balconies etc) aren't a significant presence  to affect the courtyard's eruv.

and Rebbe makes room for the wealthy, if they are dressed appropriately.

Friday, 25 January 2013

shabbat 114

who wears the spotless clothing?

R. Yohanan: the ones who deal with the letter of fire. the torah scholars
Reish Lakish: the ones who deal with water: the bath attendants

fire and water divide them again.

(following R Yochanan statement that clothing = honour, there is a discussion about torah scholars should be well dressed, without stains or patches. R. Yohanan interprets the word 'builders' to be Torah scholars - Torah is said to be written in black fire on white fire, and the hebrew lettering is called 'the flame alphabet.' Reish Lakish interprets the word 'builders' to be the bath attendants, as they are meticulous in their clothing. This pair, who met while R. Yohanan was bathing, and R. Yohanan turned Reish Lakish into a torah scholar, fatally argued over a knife, was it completed in fire or water. for english translation of this talmud page, see here)

Thursday, 24 January 2013

shabbat 113

the honour that cannot be burned

(in the discussion about preparing garments on shabbat.  and wearing special clothes for shabbat.  R. Yochanan is quoted as calling his clothing his honour. this equating clothing with honour is read into the verse in Isaiah where there is burning under honour - the body would burn but the garments would remain untouched. for english translation of this page of talmud, see here)

Thursday, 25 October 2012

shabbat 21

making light from old clothes

(discussion about what can and cannot be used as wicks, mentioned that they used to make wicks for the temple from the priests' old clothes. although debate if this was for the temple menorah or just the lamps used for the celebration of water during succot.)