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Menahot 27: The Sum of the Parts
Season 30 Episode 27
Another daf with 2 mishnayot, with more on the fistful from the grain-offering. 1 - What if the minority of the offering weren't brought? Even if the…
5 months, 1 week ago
Menahot 26: The Fistful of Grain
Season 30 Episode 26
2 mishnayot! 1 - When is a grain-offering disqualified? And how does that connect to the blood that is collected from the animal sacrifice? With para…
5 months, 1 week ago
Menahot 25: The Tzitz: The Garment That Handles Impurity in the Grain
Season 30 Episode 25
If the fistful that the kohen takes from the grain-offering becomes ritually impure, then the tzitz (the frontpiece) of the kohen gadol's garments wi…
5 months, 1 week ago
Menahot 24: The Value of a Teiku Conclusion
Can a fistful of grain function for different parts of the requirements of the grain-offering? Look to the verses in Leviticus. And what happens when…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Menahot 23: When Are Grain-offerings Not Like Animal Sacrifices?
Season 30 Episode 23
Rava asks: If one takes a fistful of the grain and squeezes out the oil onto wood, does mean the fistful is missing its oil? Would that be invalid fo…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Menahot 22: They Go Together Like... Things That Go Together
Season 30 Episode 22
A new mishnah! A handful of one grain-offering that is mixed with another handful of grain... according to the rabbis' view, the mingling does not in…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Menahot 21: Salt from Sodom and Temple Salt
Season 30 Episode 21
More on salt... including the verses that require it for the grain-offerings, as well as the "melach s'domit" - salt from the Sodom region. As compar…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Menahot 20: The Essential Salt
Season 30 Episode 20
Rav Huna challenges Rav about whether salt is required for the grain-offering, even though it isn't presented in the Torah with double-language (as o…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Menahot 19: Laws, Statutes, and Biblical Repetition
Season 30 Episode 18
Wherever you have the word "torah" (meaning, law, not the Torah in total) and the word "chukah" (meaning, statute) - then the capacity to invalidate …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Menahot 18: Tannaitic Drama and 15 Tasks of the Menahot
Season 30 Episode 18
If one has intent to leave blood over from an animal sacrifice, does everyone agree that doing so would invalidate the offering? The Tannaim hash it …
5 months, 2 weeks ago