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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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months ago
Avodah Zarah 17: Heresy and Faith under Rome
Season 27 Episode 17
Jesus! Literally. An appearance in some versions of the Talmud, but not all, as these passages were excised by the Jews -- in this case, as the known…
1 year, 2 months ago
Avodah Zarah 16: A Lion Is Not a Work-Horse
Season 27 Episode 16
Selling horses to idolaters: Because the horse can be used for labor that isn't subject to violation of Jewish law. Also, a new mishnah prohibiting t…
1 year, 2 months ago
Avodah Zarah 15: What Wil the Buyer Do?
Season 23 Episode 15
Another "previous page" mishnah! In a place where they had the practice to sell "small" domesticated animals - sheep and goats - to non-Jews, they we…
1 year, 2 months ago
Avodah Zarah 14: White Roosters
Season 27 Episode 14
Another mishnah placed on the previous daf: Commercial prohibitions when attempting business with idolaters - but specifically all year long, and not…
1 year, 2 months ago
Avodah Zarah 13: Tax Reductions for Wreaths of Roses
Season 23 Episode 13
Again, with the relevant mishnah on the previous daf: Buying from shops that are adorned for the non-Jewish pagan holiday was prohibited. Especially …
1 year, 2 months ago