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DescriptionFirst page of the first tractate of the Talmud (Daf Beis of Maseches Brachos).jpg
English: Scanned page of the Babylonian w:Talmud, showing the first page of the first tractate, Daf "Bet" (folio 2a) of Masechet (Tractate) Brachot. The center column contains the Talmud text, beginning with a section of w:Mishnah. The w:Gemara begins 14 lines down with the abbreviation גמ (gimmel-mem) in larger type. Mishnah and Gemara sections alternate throughout the Talmud text. The blocks of text on either side are the w:Rashi and w:Tosafot commentaries, printed in w:Rashi script. The Rashi is always on the side of the page closest to the binding. Other notes and cross references are in the margins.
Date
29 June 2006 (original upload date)
Source
www.talmud.de
Author
Multiple rabbis
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