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Din & Daf: Why Was Rabbi Yirmiyah Thrown out of the Beit Midrash? with Dr. Elana Stein Hain
Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain Why Was Rabbi Yirmiyah Thrown out of the Beit Midrash? Measurements, in Theory and in Practice Bava Batra 23
sources On Bava Batra 23b, R. Yirmiyah gets thrown out of the beit midrash for questioning the standard measurement established for determining ownership of a fallen bird by offering a theoretical exception. In at least three other places in the Talmud Bavli, R. Yirmiyah is also found questioning legal measurements or standards by offering theoretical exceptions or outlier test cases. What is this…
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