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Horayot 12: Good Omens
On the anointing of kings... and the anointed kohen - how was the anointing done? A crown and a letter X (in Greek, however). Also, good omens, inclu…
10 months, 1 week ago
Horayot 11: Cherry-picking Torah and the Anointing Oil
Season 11 Episode 11
The sages derive halakhah from a brief phrase in a verse from Leviticus - on an "am ha-aretz," a commoner, or more specifically from a halakhic sense…
10 months, 1 week ago
Horayot 10: Ashrei - Fortunate Are Those with Good Intent
Season 10 Episode 10
Chapter 3 - with a new mishnah! (on the bottom of the previous daf) - the anointed kohen who sins unwittingly because of his own erroneous ruling, an…
10 months, 1 week ago
Horayot 9: A King's Wealth
Season 28 Episode 9
More on Rabbi Yossi HaGelili's opinion and the king's exemptions from having to bring atonement offerings. Note the privilege and, alternatively, the…
10 months, 1 week ago
Horayot 8: Aspirational Halakhah
Season 28 Episode 8
More on the anointed kohen, in comparison with the court - specifically, the bringing of a sin-offering for a violation that would receive "karet" if…
10 months, 1 week ago
Horayot 7: When the Anointed Kohen Errs
A new chapter! With several mishnayot. 1 - (from the previous daf) - If/when the anointed kohen who makes an erroneous ruling, which he then does unw…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Horayot 6: There's No Death for a Congregation and No Swapping Out a Sin-offering
Season 28 Episode 6
When people returned to the land of Israel from Babylonia after that exile, they brought an offering on behalf of the people from the era of Tzedkiya…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Horayot 5: A Tribal Error
Season 28 Episode 5
A new mishnah! (beginning on 4b) - Who actually brings the offering to atone for the erroneous ruling? What about when the sin is per tribe? Or if th…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Horayot 4: Only a Child Could Make Such an Error (with all due respect to children!)
Season 28 Episode 4
An indictment of the Sadducees in the context of a court that issues an erroneous ruling that agrees with their understanding of the Torah. With a fu…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Horayot 3: When a Majority Means Jews in the Land of Israel
Season 28 Episode 3
Given that if the majority of Jewish people sin in following an erroneous ruling and they need to bring an offering to atone - who counts as that maj…
10 months, 2 weeks ago