Akyva Spiegel asked:
what does poortah poortah mean?
Akyva Spiegel, Toronto, Canada
The Kollel replies:
Purta Purta in Gitin 56b (not 55b) means "bit by bit."
M. Kornfeld
| 1. Purta Purta | 2. What does dead weight mean? | 3. The Cause of the Temple's Destruction |
| 4. Unkelos | 5. Siege of Yerushalayim | 6. The Anavah of Zecharyah ben Avkulas |
| 7. Ma'ase Kamtsa/Bar Kamtsa | 8. Kamtza and Bar Kamtza |
THE TORAH DISCUSSION FORUM
prepared by Kollel Iyun Hadaf
of Yerushalayim
Rosh Kollel: Rabbi Mordecai Kornfeld