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Legal Fictions: A Narrative Reflection on Yevamot 16:6

JL;DR SUMMARY Exploring a story from Yevamot 16:6, Dovid Campbell's creative project, "Legal Fictions," reflects on Mishnaic law through narrative, capturing the nuanced wisdom and ethical dilemmas it presents. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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MishnahCompassionEthical DilemmasHuman ExperienceAgunahExistential QuestionsYevamotMishnaic LawNarrative ReflectionJewish Legal Heritage

Places mentioned

Tzalmon, Northern District, Israel
"And there was another incident in Tzalmon, a city in the Galilee, where a particular man said: I am so-and-so, son of so-and-so."
Jerusalem, Israel
"It was not his childhood in a village on the outskirts of Jerusalem, where his father had been a successful carpenter."

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