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Avodah Zarah 27: To Trust a Heretic
Season 23 Episode 27
Circumcision that wasn't done for the sake of the mitzvah (or for God) was considered invalid. Of course, whether one needs that degree of intent is …
1 year ago
Avodah Zarah 26: Breaking Halakhah on Purpose - But Why?
Season 27 Episode 26
A Jewish woman shouldn't deliver the child of a non-Jewish (pagan) woman, but the reverse is permitted. Plus, the question of being a wet nurse. Or w…
1 year ago
Avodah Zarah 25: When the Sun Stood Still
Season 27 Episode 25
On cows singing... and the sun standing still (how long is a key discussion), among other miracles from the Bible. Plus, the story of Nakdimon. Also,…
1 year ago
Avodah Zarah 24: The Honorable Dama ben Netinah
Season 27 Episode 24
More on the red heifer... and bestiality. Also, the purchase of precious stones Dama ben Netinah, an apparent idolater. Which seems to have been acce…
1 year ago
Avodah Zarah 23: What We Can Assume
Season 27 Episode 23
More on the very difficult topic of bestiality. Beginning with the question of birds. Also, a study of the statuses of "lechathilah" and "bediavad" -…
1 year ago
Avodah Zarah 22: How Common Was Idolaters' Immorality Really?
Season 27 Episode 22
A story about an idolater who works for a Jew -- and works on Shabbat, when the Jew cannot. Was that allowed? It depends on whether that was their or…
1 year ago
Avodah Zarah 21: Protecting the Homes and Fields of the Land of Israel
Season 27 Episode 21
A new mishnah! A Jew may not rent a house to a non-Jew in the land of Israel, and clearly not a field. In Syria, a Jew may rent a house to the non-Je…
1 year ago
Avodah Zarah 20: No Mercy, No Favors
Season 27 Episode 20
Beginning with a new mishnah that opens on the bottom of daf 19: One may not make jewelry for an object of idolatry -- but you can be hired to do suc…
1 year ago
Avodah Zarah 19: Learn the Torah That Delights You
Season 27 Episode 19
Avoiding wickedness and wrong-doing: Interpreting the first psalm in the Book of Psalms (Tehilim) - happy is one who does not walk in the counsel of …
1 year ago
Avodah Zarah 18: Rabbi Haninah, Rabbi Meir, and Beruriah
Season 27 Episode 18
More on Rabbi Hanina ben Teradyon - his trial and interrogation about why he engaged in Torah study. Plus, his daughter who ended up sentenced to a b…
1 year ago