8 May

  • Due May 8, 2024 by 11:59pm
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Use this handout to answer the following questions.

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  1. In Shabbat 30b, why is Hillel able to convert gentiles to Judaism while Shammai is not?
  2. Pick your favorite of Hillel and Shammai’s disagreements in Mishnah Eduyot 1 and explain it.
  3. In Ketubot 16b, what is the argument about what to recite for a bride?
  4. In Mishnah Berakhot, what is the argument about how to recite the Shema prayer?
  5. Is one school more strict and the other more flexible? Or do you think each school is stricter in some things and more flexible in others?
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