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Helene, Queen of Adiabene

This ancient queen converted to Judaism and is mentioned in both Josephus’ "Antiquities" and rabbinic literature.

Female Personalities in the Babylonian Talmud

Ultimately, these women’s stories are used to supplement the narratives about the men around them.

Ketubot 56

Next-level intimacy.

Ketubot 55

Did he mean to divorce her?

Ketubot 53

"My very entrance forces him."

Ketubot 52

Ransoming kidnapped wives.

Ketubot 51

No ketubah? No problem.

Ketubot 50

Stuff him like an ox.

Paradox

What Oscar Wilde said about art is what Judaism shows us about other aspects of life: "A Truth ... is that whose contradictory is also true."

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