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Hullin 68: The Kosher Fetus
Season 31 Episode 68
Chapter 4! With a new mishnah. On the case of a female animal that is slaughtered with a fetus in her womb, whether it is discovered after slaughteri…
1 week, 4 days ago
Hullin 67: More Creepy-Crawlies -- and the Leviathan
Season 31 Episode 67
Rav Huna says not to pour beer in the night with a filter, lest a creepy crawlie comes outside of the filter and into the beer, which would be a prob…
1 week, 4 days ago
Hullin 66: Spontaneous Generation
Season 31 Episode 66
Fish that have scales for part of their lives -- are likely to be kosher. But fish that have fins and no scales are not kosher. But if scales are all…
1 week, 5 days ago
Hullin 65: Birds of a Feather Dwell Together
Season 31 Episode 65
Birds that claw their prey are not kosher, though there are other signs too, of course. Plus, how the bird sits on a line with its "toes" divided acr…
1 week, 6 days ago
Hullin 64: Egg Versatility
Season 31 Episode 64
Eggs! They can bought from anyone, including idolators, without concern that they came via a nevilah or treyfa. The eggs themselves are identifiable …
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Hullin 63: The Torah's Non-Exhaustive List of Non-Kosher Birds
Season 31 Episode 63
There are 24 non-kosher birds, and there's a long chain of transmission to that effect, but if you count the birds in the Torah, the list in Leviticu…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Hullin 62: The Common White "Snunit"
Season 31 Episode 62
The Torah's list of the non-kosher birds includes some modification, "along with its kind." This is true of the "orev," a crow. And also the white "s…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Hullin 61: Is This Bird Kosher?
Season 31 Episode 61
The Gemara says that the signs for a bird to be kosher aren't explicit in the Torah - except that the Gemara also says that the signs for a bird to b…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Hullin 60: God's Lion's Roar to Defend the Jewish People
Season 31 Episode 61
A series of stories about Rabbi Yehoshua ben Haninah interacting with Roman officers, conversing with the Caesar, etc. Some of these stories need unp…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Hullin 59: The Species the Torah Knows, Including.... a Unicorn?
What are kosher animals? What are non-kosher animals? That is, from the signs listed in the Torah for domesticated and non-domesticated animals -- su…
2 weeks, 6 days ago