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Feb 23 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I don't think we talk enough about the Gemara that says that the reason why Ravina and Rav Ashi are "sof horaah" (end of the amoraic period) is because a guy read "The Book of Adam Harishon" and read about the future
And then it just continues like nothing happened and it's never mentioned again, as far as I know
"yeah I read it in the book of Adam Harishon, you know, the one, that contains the history of everyone and everything that will ever be, anyway, let's get back to talking about how cool Rav Kahana was"
If you know of any sources that discuss what the hell is going on here, spill

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How do you think we become rabbis, exactly
...... No?
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