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Avodah Zarah 31: If a Tree Bears Fruit in a Forest...
Season 27 Episode 31
NOTE: This episode is released out of order (after daf 32) because of a problem with the recording. We apologize for the inconvenience.
There are 3 r…
1 year, 2 months ago
Avodah Zarah 32: How to Make the Very Best Wine
[Who's Who: The Emperor Hadrian] Hadrianic ceramics were prohibited for use by Jews -- white earthenware that absorbed the Roman wine, and then was b…
1 year, 2 months ago
Avodah Zarah 30: Wine, Beer, Snakes, and Intermarriage
Season 27 Episode 30
Various types of wine, and when they are permitted -- mostly they are prohibited, but not necessarily so, for example, if something is prepared prior…
1 year, 2 months ago
Avodah Zarah 29: At the Barbershop
Season 27 Episode 29
On bloodletting - as a healing practice - and how the practice would dictate restrictions to one's diet for a time. Also, precautions that a Jew must…
1 year, 2 months ago
Avodah Zarah 28: Shabbat Healing: Eyes and Ears and Mouth...
Season 27 Episode 28
More on healing -- when the healer is an idolater or when the healing is done on Shabbat. With a focus on vinegar and its healing properties and when…
1 year, 2 months ago
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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months ago