by hadassah | Nov 16, 2015 | Greco-Roman Period, Talmud and Daily Life
Tiles from the period of the Talmud, using the Aramaic language. Ceiling tile “B,” with a dedicatory inscription in Aramaic, Dura Europos Synagogue.
by hadassah | Nov 16, 2015 | Greco-Roman Period, Talmud and Daily Life
This is a menorah fragment from a marble frieze, Andriake, Asia Minor. A recently discovered fragment of a marble frieze from Andriake, the ancient port of Myra on the southern coast of Asia Minor, seems to represent a similar arrangement of lamps aligned toward the...
by hadassah | Nov 12, 2015 | Greco-Roman Period, Talmud and Daily Life
Ossuary, Jerusalem area, first century. An ossuary is a chest, box, building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains. They are frequently used where burial space is scarce. The body is first buried in a temporary grave, then...
by hadassah | Nov 12, 2015 | Greco-Roman Period, Talmud and Daily Life
Jason, a High Priest in the Temple in Jerusalem, was from the Onied Family and lived between 175-172 BCE. The people who wrote about Jason lived around 300 BCE. The exhumation of bones and their placement in charnel piles was the norm. The best example of this...
by hadassah | Apr 9, 2008 | Talmud and Daily Life
Excerpted from Lawrence H. Schiffman, From Text to Tradition, Ktav Publishing House, Hoboken, NJ, 1991. The rabbis sought to sanctify all of man’s actions, even the most mundane. Accordingly, it was expected that such matters as personal hygiene and dress would come...
by hadassah | Apr 9, 2008 | Talmud and Daily Life
Daily Life Culture of the Rabbis (3rd – 7th century CE) The Daily Life of the Jew The rabbis sought to sanctify all of man’s actions, even the most mundane. Accordingly, it was expected that such matters as personal hygiene and dress would come under...
