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Makkot 20: Real (Jewish) Men Don't Shave (in Mourning)
Season 25 Episode 20
Finishing out ma'aser sheni - determining when one would be subject to lashes if the produce is eaten outside of Jerusalem. That measure is derived f…
1 year, 2 months ago
Makkot 19: Why Ma'aser Sheni Needs the Temple
Season 25 Episode 19
More on Bikkurim - first fruits: Rav Sheshet says that not placing the produce in the right place next to the altar will prevent it from counting as …
1 year, 2 months ago
Makkot 18: When Offerings Are Invalid for Kohanim to Eat
Season 25 Episode 18
A case of a kohen who eats from a korban olah before the throwing of the blood on the altar... but even kohanim aren't allowed to eat from an olah/bu…
1 year, 2 months ago
Makkot 17: Everyone Should Have a Child Like Rabbi Shimon
Season 25 Episode 17
A new mishnah! Bikkurim - first fruits - and other special offerings where one who eats incorrectly and gets lashes. NOTE CLARIFICATION TO THE AUDIO:…
1 year, 2 months ago
Makkot 16: 8 Foodie Prohibitions
Season 25 Episode 16
With regard to the mitzvah of sending away the mother bird when you come to take the eggs (or the fledgling birds), if one took the mother bird inste…
1 year, 2 months ago
Makkot 15: When a Positive Commandment Corrects a Violation
Season 25 Episode 1000000
A difficult daf. When a combination of mitzvot (positive and negative) and the violation thereof lead to lashes vs. when the result is no lashes. Plu…
1 year, 2 months ago
Makkot 14: Generational Violations
Season 25 Episode 14
Reviewing the opinions of Rabbi Akiva, Rabbi Yishmael, and Rabbi Yitzchak on lashes and more severe punishments from the previous daf, with some focu…
1 year, 3 months ago
Makkot 13: And Now... Lashes
Season 25 Episode 13
The end of chapter 2, and the beginning of chapter 3. First, a killer who goes into exile must be upfront about why he's in exile. And in the event o…
1 year, 3 months ago
Makkot 12: Timing Matters
If the verdict comes from the court that an inadvertent killer has to go to the city of refuge to exile, but there is no kohen gadol at that time - t…
1 year, 3 months ago
Makkot 11: The Mothers of the High Priests
Season 25 Episode 11
The verses of the Torah suggest that Joshua wrote part of the Torah - which might just be the passages about the city of refuge (since he later imple…
1 year, 3 months ago