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    playtime
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    What is your favorite Masechta in Shas, and why?

    (sorry women, you’ll have to sit out on this one)

    #922233

    Avos.

    So much good advice and so concise!

    #922234
    Torah613Torah
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    Pirkei Avos (since boys commented on my mouse/insect thread)

    #922235
    akuperma
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    Based on frequency of publication and the extent it is studied, and the extent it has influenced Hebrew language and Jewish thought, clearly the winner is: Pirkei Avos.

    #922236
    playtime
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    In gemara! Not mishnayos.

    What is your favorite Masechta in Talmud Bavli??

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    #922237
    Torah613Torah
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    I liked the Ein Yaakov on Sanhedrin. It was really interesting to read about eschatological times.

    #922238
    HaLeiVi
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    The current one. I never had the thought while learning one Masechta that I wish I were rather learning another — at least once I was out of class.

    #922239
    akuperma
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    Dear “talmud”: All masechtas are included in the Talmud, regardless of whether or not a given masechtas has a gemara on it. Perhaps you meant to ask “of those mascechtas with a Babli gemara, which is your favorite?”.

    Then you should ask, favorite for which purpose? For example, if you need to learn one fast in order to make a siyum on erev Pesach, ones such as Megillah and Beitsah win.

    However it is clear the Pirkei Avos is without a doubt the most widely studied portion of the Talmud, the one most frequently published and commented on, and the one that has had the most impact.

    #922240
    playtime
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    akuperma:

    Technically, you’re correct. All masechtos of Mishnayos are included in Talmud Bavli. But colloquially, masechta in talmud bavli could more simmply mean Gemara.

    By favorite, I meant which is most to your liking; which pulls you most.

    Also it is widely accepted that the Amora’im did not have access to Pirkei Avos.

    #922241
    playtime
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    torah613613torah:

    Eschatological- good word!

    #922242
    147
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    What is your favorite Masechta in Shas, and why?

    Arachin:- It covers a nice array of Topics. This in addition to the fact that the Chofetz Chaim made such a strong impassioned plea for everyone to increase learning in Seder Kodoshim.

    What is your favorite Masechta in Talmud Bavli??

    How about Yerushalmi?????? I have currently learned 2 Massechtos in Yerushalmi, 1 of them being Berochos, and it is awesome.

    #922243
    sushee
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    talmud: Mesechtes Avos has a Gemora, but it was lost.

    #922244
    Josh31
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    If I had become a lawyer it would have been in real estate law.

    Hence, Baba Basra has a special fascination for me.

    The specific Rebbe, Rav Moshe Heinemann certainly also helped.

    The 5 daughters of Tzlofchad were able to keep his legacy alive and even get his extra portion for being a first born!

    #922245
    playtime
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    sushee- “Mesechtes Avos has a Gemora, but it was lost”

    Says who?

    Rav Avigdor Miller was adament that no other Talmud Bavli exist other than the Gemaros we have.

    no wasabi, please.

    #922247
    jmj613
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    megille. but some others to. psuchim, bruches, buve basre(bifrat the third perek cheskas habatim)etc etc

    #922248
    Chortkov
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    Kesuvos. You don’t realize what they mean when they say “Kesuvos is Shas Kotton” until you’ve finished it. There are so many Yediyos in Kesuvos (Gemara Rashi Tosfos. If you know the basic Rishonim as well then you’re really doing well!)

    #922249
    benignuman
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    Yevamos. First large mesechta I ever finished and knew. It’s very challenging, has some great lomdus and is chock full of interesting and odd happenings.

    #922250

    Bava Metziah. Only mesechta I had a good rebbi for.

    #922251
    playtime
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    It’s amazing that a Rebbe can have so much influence on the material.

    I guess it’s not just what you learn, but how you learn it.

    #922252
    Torah613Torah
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    talmud, thanks. And what’s wrong with saying that a Gemara was lost?

    #922253
    playtime
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    torah613613torah: “what’s wrong with saying that a Gemara was lost?”

    There have been failed attempts over the centuries of people producing factitious copies of “new found” Gemaros in Talmud Bavli.

    In ‘Exalted People’, Rabbi Avigdor Miller writes that the Gemaros we have today are the complete set of Bavli, and no additions exist.

    If there are Gedolim that argue with this point, please let me know.

    #922254
    popa_bar_abba
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    yevamos

    #922255
    Torah613Torah
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    Talmud, that’s interesting. Wouldn’t it seem logical to state that they were lost, but cannot find them?

    Isn’t that what happened with the Zohar?

    #922256
    WIY
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    Yknow this website is one big de javu

    #922257
    golfer
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    WIY, deja (already) vu (seen).

    Deja vu.

    You’re welcome.

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