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Menahot 35: What If Tefillin Were Blue?
Season 30 Episode 35
More on tefillin, of course. The base of the box of the tefillin, the letter Shin on the tefillin, the black straps, among other details - are all "h…
7 months ago
Menahot 34: Moving on to Tefillin...
Season 30 Episode 34
More on mezuzot and the entrances that need a mezuzah. What about a sidepost that doesn't need a mezuzah? Plus, how the mezuzah goes up on the right …
7 months ago
Menahot 33: Mezuzah Placement
Season 30 Episode 33
More laws on mezuzot, specifically placement of the mezuzah on the doorjamb - the Gemara's basic example is of a door on a pivot, not hinges, in cont…
7 months ago
Menahot 32: Elijah the Prophet and the Halitzah Shoe
Season 30 Episode 32
On the writing of a mezuzah - in terms of the scribe's method of holding the parchment, leaving space at the top and the bottom, and so on. Including…
7 months ago
Menahot 31: Torn Torah Scrolls and Poetic Mezuzahs
Season 30 Episode 31
More from Rabbi Shimon Shezuri - with a question of untithed produce that was mixed with a greater portion of tithed produce. Rabbi Tarfon gives him …
7 months ago
Menahot 30: Mourning Moshe
Season 30 Episode 30
On the last 8 verses of the Torah - who wrote them? That is, how could Moshe have written them when the text itself recounts his death at the beginni…
7 months ago
Menahot 29: The Crowns on the Torah's Letters
Season 30 Episode 29
More on the menorah - and also a whole host of instructions for scribes, plus a powerful piece of aggadah: How did Moshe know what the menorah was su…
7 months ago
Menahot 28: The Menorah
Season 30 Episode 28
A new mishnah: In the category of essential "Temple accoutrements" -- with a focus on the Menorah, in the company of tefillin and tzitzit and other. …
7 months, 1 week ago
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…
7 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…
7 months, 1 week ago