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Avodah Zarah 62: Non-Jews, Non-Idolaters: "Stam Yeinam"
Season 27 Episode 62
Chapter 5! And a new mishnah: A non-Jew who hires a Jewish worker raises question as to whether that Jew can accept his wages -- depending on the ter…
1 year, 1 month ago
Avodah Zarah 61: Jews and Non-Jews Sharing Wine?!
Season 27 Episode 61
When wine is in an idolater's domain, in a home that opens to the public domain, when is that wine permitted? And if it's in a Jew's domain? But what…
1 year, 1 month ago
Avodah Zarah 60: Falling into the Vat
Season 27 Episode 60
An idolater who crushes grapes via a press, but it's still potentially libation. But that's indirect.... and indeed, the wine is prohibited, but ther…
1 year, 1 month ago
Avodah Zarah 59: When Is a Convert Not (Yet) a Convert?
Season 27 Episode 59
Rabbi Hiya bar Aba was in a place called Gavla - which place that is specifically is unclear, though suggestions are made - where he saw Jewish young…
1 year, 1 month ago
Avodah Zarah 58: The Time the Non-Jew Shoved His Arm into a Wine Vat
Season 27 Episode 58
An incident took place in Mehoza - a non-Jew asked a Jew if he has wine to sell. After he is told no, he shoves his hand into a barrel of wine and mi…
1 year, 1 month ago
Avodah Zarah 57: When Intent Doesn't Matter
Season 27 Episode 57
Several stories - indicating that the concern about libation wine was real for them. For example, a person's lulav touching his wine. Or the extreme …
1 year, 1 month ago
Avodah Zarah 56: You Can't Make a Libation with Your Feet
Season 27 Episode 56
First, why "libation wine" is a topic that draws so much attention. Wine cannot become "libation" wine until it goes into the cistern - is it fully p…
1 year, 1 month ago
Avodah Zarah 55: Suffering Personified
Season 27 Episode 55
Agrippas, the Roman general, asked Rabban Gamliel (paraphrase): Your God is a jealous God, but people are only jealous of those who are in real compe…
1 year, 1 month ago
Avodah Zarah 54: God Doesn't Interfere
Season 27 Episode 54
R. Dimi came from the land of Israel to Babylonia and taught how the land itself isn't rendered prohibited by virtue of people bowing down, but worki…
1 year, 1 month ago
Avodah Zarah 53: When an Object of Idolatry Can Be Used After All
Season 27 Episode 53
Several mishnayot - beginning with nullifying an idol (on the bottom of the previous daf). Note that a non-Jew nullifies the idol, not a Jew, and onl…
1 year, 1 month ago