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Solomon's shamir. In the Gemara, the shamir (Hebrew: שָׁמִיר šāmīr) is a worm or a substance that had the power to cut through or disintegrate stone, iron and diamond. King Solomon is said to have used it in the building of the first Temple in Jerusalem in place of cutting tools. For the construction of the Temple in Jerusalem ...
Solomon's shamir. In the Gemara, the shamir (Hebrew: שָׁמִיר šāmīr) is a worm or a substance that had the power to cut through or disintegrate stone, iron and diamond. King Solomon is said to have used it in the building of the first Temple in Jerusalem in place of cutting tools. For the construction of the Temple in Jerusalem, which ...
The baraita continues: Rather, one writes the letters on them in ink, and shows them, i.e., he places the shamir close to the ink markings from outside, without having it touch the stones, and they split open along the lines of the ink of their own accord, like this fig that splits in the summer without losing anything of its mass, and like this field in a valley that cracks in the rainy ...
The gemara begins with a discussion of the first case described in the mishna: one who found scattered fruit. Read from the beginning of the gemara to “…arba amot,” lines 1-3 in the schematic analysis (one line and a half on the printed page). What is the gemara’s question and how does R. Yitzhak answer it?
The Gemara poses a question: And according to Rabbi Neḥemya, who maintains that they used iron tools even in the cutting of the stones for the Temple, for what purpose did the shamir come? The Gemara answers: It was necessary for that which is taught in a baraita: These stones in the breastplate and ephod, upon which were inscribed the names ...
The capture of Ashmedai and the shamirThe Gemara relates the story of Shlomo capturing Ashmedai, king of demons, in his quest to obtain the shamir for building Gittin - Daf 68 - Zichru Daf Simanim - OU Torah
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Gemara is a complicated text, full of quotes from earlier sources. The words of the Gemara also form the basis for many later texts, like law codes and legal essays. To read and understand the Gemara, you will need to be able to figure out what sources are being quoted, what they really mean, and how the way they are used on the daf might impact the development of laws and ideas later on in ...
