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Cuneiform tablet with remedies found in TB Shabbat 126

Gittin 69: לַיְתֵי גִּירָא דְלִילִיתָא

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The Gemara on our daf continues with a discussion of medicinal recommendations of the Talmudic sages. One teaching that is presented is that there are eight things which are harmful in large quantities but in small quantities are beneficial, namely, traveling, sexual relations, wealth, work, wine, sleep, hot baths, and bloodletting.

We explore the attitude to talmudic remedies by the RAMBAM and the Tosafists with recent Geniza discoveries.

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