Amora Essays

What kind of text is the Talmud? The Talmud is a giant commentary that further describes the Written Torah and explains the rulings formulated in it. It is a compilation of discussions and rulings that further expound upon the Written Torah. For example, in Sukkah 2a, it says "אמר רבה: דאמר קרא "למען ידעו דורותיכם כי בסוכות הושבתי את בני ישראל" (ויקרא כג) - עד עשרים אמה אדם יודע שהוא דר בסוכה. למעלה מעשרים אמה אין אדם יודע שדר בסוכה משום דלא שלטא בה עינא." This masechet is Rava’s answer to a the

Megan Law Megan law was enacted with a sole aim of reducing sex crimes that are witnessed across various states in the U.S. The law required all the law enforcements officers to always make information available to the public on sex offenders who have been registered. The law has been in existence for a long time after its creation in reaction to the killing of Megan Kanka whereby it was created as a subsection of the Jacob Wetterling Law that just required the sex offenders to register themselves