Talmud Stories with a Twist

1

What Did They Quarrel About?

Genesis Rabbah 22:7

2

King Solomon and the Ark

Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin 107b

3

The Test

Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin 107a

4

The Gifts

Jerusalem Talmud Megilah 6b

5

The Fall of Rabbi Rehumi

Babylonian Talmud Ketubot 62b

6

Jacob's Wedding

Genesis Rabbah 70:19

7

Rabbi Akiva and His Wife

Babylonian Talmud Ketubot 62b

8

Yosef Who Cherishes Shabbat

Babylonian Talmud Shabbat 119a

9

Woe, Woe That I Angered My Creator!

Genesis Rabbah 65:22

10

Abraham Descends into the Fiery Furnace

Genesis Rabbah 38:13

11

Nahum of 'Gam Zu' and the Magic Earth

Taanit 21a (also Sanhedrin 108b)

12

If I am Worthy, I Shall Eat!

Leviticus Rabbah 25:5

13

Rabbi Elazar and the Ugly Man

Babylonian Talmud Ta'anit 20a

14

Palti son of Laish and Saul's Daughter Michal

Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin 19b

15

Mar Ukva and His Wife

Babylonian Talmud Ketuvot 67b

16

Rav Papa and Rav Shimi bar Ashi

Babylonian Talmud Taanit 9b

17

Woe to Glorious Wisdom in an Ugly Vessel!

Babylonian Talmud Ta'anit 7a

18

What do you think—Shimon ben Shetach is a Barbarian?

Yerushalmi Bava Metzia 2:5

19

Go and I Will Show You Your Daughter!

Babylonian Talmud Berachot 18b

20

"If it were I, I could not have restrained myself"

Babylonian Talmud Sukkah 52a

21

"Why Are You Disputing with Rabbi Eliezer?"

Babylonian Talmud Bava Metzia 59b

22

"Convert Me (to Judaism) on Condition…"

Babylonian Talmud Shabbat 31a

23

Jerusalem Was Destroyed on Account of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza: Act 1

Babylonian Talmud Gittin 55b-56b

24

Jerusalem Was Destroyed on Account of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza: Act 2

Babylonian Talmud Gittin 55b-56b

25

Jerusalem Was Destroyed on Account of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza: Act 3

Babylonian Talmud Gittin 55b-56b

26

Jerusalem Was Destroyed on Account of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza: Act 4

Babylonian Talmud Gittin 55b-56b

27

Jerusalem Was Destroyed on Account of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza: Act 5

Babylonian Talmud Gittin 55b-56b

28

"What will you Gain from it?"

Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin 109b

29

Peleimu and the Unexpected Visitor

Babylonian Talmud Kiddushin 81a-81b

30

Give me My Wages, and I will go and Feed my Wife and Children!

Babylonian Talmud Shabbat 127b

31

I will go [to him] to effect a Reconciliation

Babylonian Talmud Yoma 87a

32

A Fire at Rav Amram's House!

Babylonian Talmud Kiddushin 81a

33

"May it be His Will That Those Above Overcome Those Below"

Babylonian Talmud Ketubot 104a

34

Rabbi Akiva's Daughter

Babylonian Talmud Shabbat 156b

35

"Steal from a Thief and Feel the Taste"

Babylonian Talmud Berachot 5b

36

"Rabbi Meir Was Accustomed to Scoff at Sinners"

Babylonian Talmud Kiddushin 81a

37

"I am Ĥaruta"

Babylonian Talmud Kiddushin 81b

38

"One Should Always Carefully Guard His Disposition"

Babylonian Talmud Shabbat 30b

39

"The Parchment is Burning and the Letters Are Taking Flight"

Babylonian Talmud Avodah Zarah 18a

40

"A Poor Man Came Along…"

Leviticus Rabbah 3:5

41

"Do Not Despise Her!"

Leviticus Rabbah 3:5

42

"If You Do Not Offer Them Up, You Will Cut Off My Sustenance!"

Leviticus Rabbah 3:5

43

My Son, on What Account You Wish to Destroy This Lovely Hair?

Babylonian Talmud Nazir 4b

44

They Should Not Have Rejected Her!

Sanhedrin 99b

45

Did I Leave You for Even a Moment and Go to Another Place?

Babylonian Talmud Temurah 16a

46

"Now My Sister Will Be Put to Shame"

Babylonian Talmud Megilla 13b

47

Because Thou Hast Mercy in Leading the Flock

Exodus Rabbah 2:2

48

In all My Days, No Person Defeated Me Except for …

Babylonian Talmud Eruvin 53b

49

Were You Not Ĥoni, I Would Have Decreed That You Be Ostracized!

Babylonian Talmud Ta'anit 19a

50

Either Friendship or Death!

Babylonian Talmud Taanit 23a

51

May it Be His Will That The Fear of Heaven Shall Be Upon You …

Babylonian Talmud Berachot 28b

52

Does Master Not Have Mercy on the Poor?

Babylonian Talmud Moed Katan 28a

53

"…and he took offense"

Babylonian Talmud Ta'anit 20ba

54

This Pierced Him Like the Poison of a Snake

Genesis Rabbah 65:22

55

Why Should I be Ashamed of My Deeds?

Genesis Rabbah 100:2

56

"For my Own Benefit My Cow Was Maimed"

Genesis Rabbah 42:1

57

The Matter Depends Only On Me!

Babylonian Talmud Avoda Zarah 17a

58

"…but there is one commandment…"

Babylonian Talmud Menachot 44a

59

"Four Died as a Result of the Serpent's Counsel"

Babylonian Talmud Shabbat 55a-55b

60

Go and Make Yourself Smaller!

Babylonian Talmud Chullin 60b

61

My Brother, Every Day the Study Hall is Bright and Today it is Dark

Babylonian Talmud Yoma 35b

62

"You Bound on One Altar but I Bound on Seven Altars. …"

Babylonian Talmud Gittin 57b & Lamentations Rabbah 16:50

63

Where Are You, Son of Lakish? Where Are You, Son of Lakish?

Babylonian Talmud Bava Metzia 84a

64

My Son, Don’t Be Upset…

Babylonian Talmud Bava Metzia 84b

65

"Did you go down to Egypt? … Why should the Torah be for you?"

Babylonian Talmud Shabbat 88b-89a

66

Will I Give Four Hundred Dinars to This?

Mishna Bava Kamma 8:6

67

Not Every Time Does a Miracle Occur

Babylonian Talmud Megillah 7b

68

Rabbi, Is This Not What I Told You—Do I Not Need to Return the Deposit to Its Owner?

Midrash Mishlei (Proverbs) ad 31:10

69

Are These the Protectors of the City? These Are None Other Than the Destroyers …

Jerusalem Talmud Tractate Hagigah 1:7

70

And Should We Not Allow Rabban Gamliel the Eminent to Wait Upon Us …

Babylonian Talmud Tractate Kiddushin 32b

71

How Far Must One Go to Fulfill the Mitzvah of Honoring One's Father …

Babylonian Talmud Kiddushin 31a

72

Yet He did not Shame Her

Babylonian Talmud Kiddushin 31a

73

Rav Assi Left Her and Went to the Land of Israel

Babylonian Talmud Kiddushin 31b

74

Even If He Did This a Million Times, He Did Not Yet Reach Even Half …

Jerusalem Talmud Peah 1:1 & Babylonian Talmud Kiddushin 31b

75

"…and we saw a certain fish…"

Babylonian Talmud Bava Batra 73b

76

There is Nothing in the World I Care for More Than You!

Song of Songs Rabbah 1:4

77

"Now, Who Am I that the Holy One, Blessed is He, Should have Given me the Torah?"

Babylonian Talmud Tractate Shabbat 89a

78

On That Day, What Will You Say?

Insights into Babylonian Talmud Moed Katan 25b

79

Rabbi Meir’s Wife, Berurya, Said to Him: "What is Your Thinking?"

Babylonian Talmud Tractate Berakhot 10a

80

And Should I Also Request Dissolution for the Oath That I Took for Your Benefit?

Babylonian Talmud Sotah 36b

81

No One Should Give Him Lodging!

Babylonian Talmud Kiddushin 29b

82

I Decree That You Must Appear Before Me with Your Staff …

Mishnah Rosh Hashanah Chapter 2:8-9

83

…Until all of the People Began Murmuring…

Insights into Babylonian Talmud Bechorot 36a

84

Let Us Remove Him! (A Story in Five Acts)

Babylonian Talmud Berakhot 27b-28a