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Talmud Kethuboth: Soncino Talmud in English Book 25 Kindle Edition

by Samuel Daiches (Author), Israel W. Slotki (Author), Isidore Epstein (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
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This book presents an elegant classic English edition of Tractate Kethuboth, the second Tractate of the Order of Nashim.

It deals in the main with the laws relating to married life in its various aspects and manifestations, enumerating, discussing and defining the privileges and duties of husband and wife in their mutual relationship from the day of their betrothal. Cognate subjects, such as questions of immoral conduct and infidelity, and the relative rights of a father and husband, and other topics bearing directly or indirectly upon the main theme are introduced as amplifications, illustrations and elucidations or as part of the arguments and discussions.

The Aggadic material of the Tractate includes Midrashic and homiletic interpretations of Scripture and stories and incidents pointing morals. The work of the righteous is regarded as greater than that of creation; and the manner in which R. Gamaliel set an example of simplicity in burial is related (Ch. I).

Some wedding songs and a number of feats performed by Rabbis for the entertainment of the bride and bridegroom are recorded, and the opinion is expressed that one can never praise too highly a bride's charm or virtues. The order of precedence in attending on the dead, on a bride and on a king is indicated and it is also laid down when even engagement in the study of the Torah must give way to attendance on the dead or to participation in wedding festivities (Ch. II).

In the matter of charity one is advised to spend not more than a fifth of his wealth lest by too much liberality he become impoverished and fall a burden upon the public funds. Popular remedies for scorpion bites and the sting of bees are mentioned and some rules are laid down as to the age when a child's education should begin and at what successive ages he may start on Scripture and Mishnah. The Psalmist's praise of him who does righteousness 'at all times' is variously applied to the man who maintains his own children, who brings up orphans in his house or who studies the Torah and teaches it to others. (Ch. IV).

The opinion that a wife should be taken merely for the sake of her beauty, or for the sake of children or merely for the sake of wearing her finery, and the extent of the influence of the diet of an expectant mother on her child is referred to, and the romance of the marriage of the shepherd Akiba with the daughter of Ben Kalba Sabu'a and his subsequent attainment to the highest rank of scholarship and affluence is given at considerable length (Ch. V).

The story of the daughter of the wealthy Nakdimon b. Gorion, whose marriage settlement amounted to a million gold Dinarii and who was eventually reduced to abject poverty is told, the loss of the family's fortune being attributed to Nakdimon's self-glorification when assisting the poor or to his failing to give in accordance with his means (Ch. VI).

How R. Joshua b. Levi visited Paradise and succeeded for a while in depriving the Angel of Death of his knife is related (Ch. VII) and the closing scenes of the life of R. Judah I, his last wishes and instructions, and his burial and mourning are graphically described (Ch. XII).

The circumstances in which Seder Eliyyahu Rabbah and Seder Eliyyahu Zuta (v. infra fol. 106a) came to light, quotations from Ben Sira, the love and adoration of Palestine, the merit and dignity of scholars, the marvelous events and manifestations in the days of the Messiah and other eschatological matters are embodied in the last chapter.

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  3. Publication date
    April 26, 2012
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B007Y15TAE
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Talmudic Books; 1st edition (April 26, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 26, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.3 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 1049 pages
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  • BARK TWAIN
    5.0 out of 5 stars Soncino Babylonian Talmud Kethuboth
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    I was learning pages from this at a Yeshiva in Mea Sharim (Yerushalem) and it was very useful to have an English translation on my little tablet to verify things. Good grief, for 99 cents I couldn't go wrong.
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