#talmud

Rav’s attendant  goes off to retrieve
A small pitcher, but while taking leave,
Whoops! Thelechi’s a toppler.
“Why not just use that poplar?”
“Had we done so beforeShabboseve?”

The sages declared that the stick
‘Cross the the top must support half a brick.
(That is, able to take
The weight with no break,
And side-to-side one tefach thick.)

“When writing a Torah, I think
It is best to use hard-setting ink.
Rav Yishmael agreed,
But Akiva decreed,
‘Pour that fixative out in the sink!’ ”

In a courtyard, the sea’s broken through.
Want the water? Well, here’s what you do:
To the break’s side, apply
A small wall, ten hands high.
Now the inlet’s a courtyard part, too.