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Avodah Zarah 12: Traveling and Leniencies
Season 27 Episode 12
Starting with a new mishnah from the previous daf.... A festival for the non-Jews in the next town can allow for business if the celebration is not r…
1 year, 2 months ago
Avodah Zarah 11: How Rome Falls to Onkelos
Season 27 Episode 11
On Onkelos the convert, who is known for translating the Torah, and also for his ability to convert Romans to Judaism, as his "gift of gab" shows on …
1 year, 2 months ago
Avodah Zarah 10: Circumcision under the Romans
Season 7 Episode 10
More on the festivals of the non-Jews, including, specifically, the coronation of their kings. With specific focus on the coronation of a king born o…
1 year, 2 months ago
Avodah Zarah 9: The Timeline of the Universe
Season 27 Episode 9
On the idea that the world's entirety is said to last 6,000 words. Also, if you aren't sure which year of the 7 years of the sabbatical cycle is curr…
1 year, 2 months ago
Avodah Zarah 8: Saving Torah's Penalties
Season 27 Episode 8
A new mishnah! Listing the non-Jewish holidays, by name. Plus, other more local celebrations, based on the locale or a given family's rejoicing. Also…
1 year, 2 months ago
Avodah Zarah 7: Was the Mishnah Written Out of Order?
Season 27 Episode 7
Organizing the halakhah from the mishnah, in accord with its various opinions. Including the principle of a single unattributed view that follows a m…
1 year, 2 months ago
Avodah Zarah 6: Pre-Holiday Business
Are the "3 days before the non-Jews' holidays" inclusive of the day of the holiday itself? Or really not? What about Sundays? Other holidays are name…
1 year, 3 months ago
Avodah Zarah 5: Repentance Leaves Sin in the Dust
Season 27 Episode 5
On sin and the purpose of sin! God allows sin to happen so that future sinners can repent. Consider the story of King David with Batsheva, with the i…
1 year, 3 months ago
Avodah Zarah 4: When God Is Indignant
Season 27 Episode 4
More on Jews and non-Jews -- how does God anger and how does He mete out punishment? Also, God's indignance during the day, which only Balaam the pro…
1 year, 3 months ago
Avodah Zarah 3: God's Special Jewish People and Their God
Season 27 Episode 3
On the special relationship between God and the Jewish people, there's a recognition of the Jews as having kept the Torah -- and criticism by the non…
1 year, 3 months ago