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Avodah Zarah 50: Not a Carpenter, Nor the Son of a Carpenter
Season 27 Episode 50
More on the Mercury idol - including stones that were removed from the idol, and were then prohibited. Plus, other idolatries -- more than one that c…
1 year, 1 month ago
Avodah Zarah 49: No Financial Redemption for Idolatry
Season 27 Episode 47
Rabbi Yosi vs. the Rabbis - on a field that was fertilized by the manure of idolatry, or the like, and how that field can be planted, and what terms …
1 year, 1 month ago
Avodah Zarah 48: The Asherah
Season 27 Episode 48
A daf of 4 mishnayot! (1) 3 different kinds of trees and how they might have been used for idolatrous purposes, and whether they are permitted afterw…
1 year, 1 month ago
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…
1 year, 1 month 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. …
1 year, 1 month 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…
1 year, 1 month 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 …
1 year, 1 month 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 …
1 year, 1 month 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 …
1 year, 1 month 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…
1 year, 1 month ago