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Avodah Zarah 7: Was the Mishnah Written Out of Order?
Season 27 Episode 7
Organizing the halakhah from the mishnah, in accord with its various opinions. Including the principle of a single unattributed view that follows a m…
1 year ago
Avodah Zarah 6: Pre-Holiday Business
Are the "3 days before the non-Jews' holidays" inclusive of the day of the holiday itself? Or really not? What about Sundays? Other holidays are name…
1 year ago
Avodah Zarah 5: Repentance Leaves Sin in the Dust
Season 27 Episode 5
On sin and the purpose of sin! God allows sin to happen so that future sinners can repent. Consider the story of King David with Batsheva, with the i…
1 year ago
Avodah Zarah 4: When God Is Indignant
Season 27 Episode 4
More on Jews and non-Jews -- how does God anger and how does He mete out punishment? Also, God's indignance during the day, which only Balaam the pro…
1 year ago
Avodah Zarah 3: God's Special Jewish People and Their God
Season 27 Episode 3
On the special relationship between God and the Jewish people, there's a recognition of the Jews as having kept the Torah -- and criticism by the non…
1 year, 1 month ago
Avodah Zarah 2: Preventing Non-Jewish Celebration
Season 27 Episode 2
A new tractate! A lot of material that is relevant when Jews live among non-Jews -- without delving into idolatry necessarily per se (though it will …
1 year, 1 month ago
Shevuot 49: Guardian Oaths
Season 26 Episode 49
The last daf of the masekhet! And, interestingly enough, a new chapter (8)! With a new mishnah delineating the levels of responsibility for each of t…
1 year, 1 month ago
Shevuot 48: Collecting Debts (and Their Disputes)
Season 26 Episode 48
Cases from the mishnah - when a customer asks the shopkeeper for X amount of produce. And then they dispute whether the customer every actually paid …
1 year, 1 month ago
Shevuot 47: No Oaths? Divide the Funds
Season 26 Episode 47
If one or both parties to litigation are suspect with regard to oaths, they can't take oaths, so they divide the funds and carry on. But Rav Nachman …
1 year, 1 month ago
Shevuot 46: Workers' Rights
Season 26 Episode 46
Rabbi Yehudah's opinion is that a worker could take an oath for an employer (and collect the funds), and the Gemara works to figure out the source fo…
1 year, 1 month ago