sugya
Rabbinic textual section
A sugya is a unit of discussion in the Talmud—a self-contained passage examining a particular legal or theological question through debate, interpretation, and commentary.
Scholars analyze the Talmud sugya by sugya, each one weaving together biblical verses, rabbinic opinions, and dialectical argument: We spent the whole class on a single sugya about Sabbath boundaries.
talmudic
Segment of text
- topicSubject of discussion
- discussionExchange of ideas
- debateFormal argument on issues
- analysisMethodical study of parts
argument · halacha · aggadah · daf · commentary
passage
Segment of text
- topicSubject of discussion
- discussionExchange of ideas
- debateFormal argument on issues
- JudaismShabbat, kosher, Passover, Torah, Hanukkah
- Judaicamenorah, Torah scroll, Talmud, Torah study, mezuzah
- Rabbinic LiteratureMishnah, Talmud, Midrash, Geonim, seder
- TalmudMishnah, daf, Seder, folio, Shabbat
- Talmud StudiesMishnah, folio, oral law, yeshiva, beit midrash
- Talmudicsoral law, halakhah, seder, Sanhedrin, Geonim