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Horayot 2: Fit to Deliver a Halakhic Ruling
Season 28 Episode 2
A new tractate! On rulings that the court issues in error, and people then follow those ruling - are they held accountable, and if so, how? Sources a…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Avodah Zarah 76: Closing the Relationship between Jew and Non-Jew
Season 27 Episode 76
A question from a mishnah in Zevachim that contradicts the text here - because of the purging, preparation of the vessels here. Specifically on how t…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Avodah Zarah 75: After Non-Jewish Handling: A Process
Season 27 Episode 75
How do we purify different kinds of vessels or utensils? Boiling water should do the trick. Or maybe "olive water." Plus time - whatever that may mea…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Avodah Zarah 74: Jews and Non-Jews at the Wine Press
Season 27 Episode 74
Several mishnayot: 1 - A long list of those items that are prohibited and in a mixture, prohibit the entire mixture in any amount. 2 - Libation wine …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Avodah Zarah 73: Amoraim Agree and Disagree
Season 27 Episode 73
Siyum tomorrow, Sunday!
Mixtures of something permitted with libation wine - is prohibited, no matter how little libation wine is added. But water wi…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Avodah Zarah 72: Halakhah Is Not Science: Funnels
Season 27 Episode 72
Terms used in negotiating a sale or a price - and how 4 people must be in agreement for a price to apply (though the customary appraisal is by 3 peop…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Avodah Zarah 71: Soldiers and Merchants
Season 27 Episode 71
2 new mishnayot! (first, on the bottom of the previous daf) - when a military group enters a city in a time of peace, then when the soldiers leave, o…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Avodah Zarah 70: Unsupervised Non-Jews
Season 27 Episode 70
If a Jew leaves wine with a non-Jew, unsupervised, can (or when can) the Jew drink that wine? The 12 case-stories on this daf address this question, …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Avodah Zarah 69: Wine Stoppers and Supervision
Season 27 Episode 69
As long as a Jew supervises an idolater's presence with wine, there's no concern about the wine - even the supervisor's presence is intermittent. Plu…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Avodah Zarah 68: The Ick Factor
Season 27 Episode 68
More on the dispute about whether a mixture in which the forbidden component adds flavor that is detrimental - whether the mixture is permitted or pr…
10 months, 3 weeks ago