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Menahot 67: When the Answer Came to Rava in a Dream
Season 30 Episode 67
Questions by Rava that lead to his seeking answers in a dream! What if dough were kneaded by a non-Jew? Is that dough subject to having hallah separa…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Menahot 66: The Omer in the Temple and Now
Season 30 Episode 66
More on the opinions about when the omer offering was to be brought - as presented by the Tannaim, and explained (and refuted and then finally upheld…
4 months ago
Menahot 65: How a Boethusian Heretic Counts the Omer
Season 30 Episode 65
A new mishnah! On the ceremony of the process of the omer - how they wove the stalks of barley together while they were still attached to the ground,…
4 months ago
Menahot 64: The Land of Israel Shuddered in Dismay
Season 30 Episode 64
A new chapter - focused on the grain-offering that is the omer, brought on the 16th day of Nisan, the second day of Pesach, and which allows the "new…
4 months ago
Menahot 63: Pots and Pans
Season 30 Episode 63
A new mishnah, with specifications for the different grain-offerings - marheshet vs. merhavat (with the different pans for each). The first has a cov…
4 months ago
Menahot 62: Hashem Is Here, Hashem Is There
Season 30 Episode 62
Still more on the offerings for Shavuot - the lambs and the loaves. Namely, showing the lambs in the 4 directions, plus up and down, to demonstrate G…
4 months ago
Menahot 61: The Wave
Season 30 Episode 61
A new mishnah! Another list of the grain-offerings that require waving and do not require being brought near to the altar. With a deep dive into the …
4 months ago
Menahot 60: Bringing the Grain-Offering Near and/or Waving It
Season 30 Episode 60
A new mishnah! Two requirements of all grain-offerings (and not only): 1. bringing near (to the altar), and 2. waving. The bringing near is only done…
4 months ago
Menahot 59: Oil, Frankincense, and More Grain-Offerings
Season 30 Episode 59
A new mishnah! It lists grain-offerings that need both oil and frankincense, one or the other, or neither. Note the various kinds of menahot, and how…
4 months, 1 week ago
Menahot 58: Honey on the Altar (and Muzzling)
More on when the grain-offerings can have chametz/leaven and when they cannot. And the prohibition again honey on the altar -- and if there are excep…
4 months, 1 week ago