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Avodah Zarah 47: A Lulav, a Rock, and the Privacy of the Bathroom
Season 27 Episode 47
Resh Lakish poses a question: What happens to a lulav - a palm branch - from a tree that has been worshipped? That is, in the event that it was plant…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Avodah Zarah 46: Attached to the Ground
Season 27 Episode 46
More on the hills and mountains and rocks - where they are being worshipped by a non-Jew, that is, the boulders that separate from a rocky mountain. …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Avodah Zarah 45: Mountains, Hills, and the Leafy Trees of Idolatry
Season 27 Episode 45
A new mishnah! Things in the natural world that were worshipped - and whether that worship made them prohibited for benefit. For the most part, the h…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Avodah Zarah 44: The Bathhouse of Aphrodite
Season 27 Episode 44
2 new mishnayot! First, an alternative to taking a graven image to the Dead Sea - grind it off (but then the leavings become fertilizer, which would …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Avodah Zarah 43: Here There Be Dragons
Season 27 Episode 43
What is the figure of a dragon that is prohibited? One descriptor is scales between the joints, and that is determined to be the halakhah. Also, the …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Avodah Zarah 42: The Destructive Power of the Dead Sea
Season 27 Episode 42
More on finding shards, and the problematic nature of tangible hands, feet, etc., when found. But why are those tangible imagery forbidden? The idol …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Avodah Zarah 41: Idols, Graven Images, and Worshipped Sculpture
Season 27 Episode 41
A Jew cannot benefit from an object that's been used for idolatry, of course, but that extends to images too. Though the majority view maintains that…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Avodah Zarah 40: Permitted Foods, from Fish to Apple Wine
Season 27 Episode 40
A new mishnah! (from the previous daf) Permitted foods, for a change, including milk that was milked by a non-Jew, who was watched by a Jew, and cert…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Avodah Zarah 39: Gone Fishing
Season 27 Episode 39
Several kinds of fishes that are prohibited to be eaten. And several that are permitted, including contingent only on where they come from (depending…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Avodah Zarah 37: The Not-So-Permissive Court
Season 27 Episode 37
Note: Previously labeled Daf 37, "A King's Table," was really the Daf 38 episode, sadly on account of human error. This episode the real Daf 37, "The…
11 months, 3 weeks ago