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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
Makkot 10: Not Too Big, Not Too Small
Season 25 Episode 10
More on the cities of refuge -- what kinds of cities are suitable for this purpose? Medium-sized cities, with water available, and marketplaces, and …
1 year, 3 months ago
Makkot 9: Is Ignorance of the Law a Good Defense?
Season 5 Episode 9
Are people responsible for doing the wrong thing when they thought it was permitted at the time that they did it, or to what extent is a person respo…
1 year, 3 months ago
Makkot 8: The Eternal Torah, and the Time It Was Given
Season 5 Episode 8
A new mishnah! But first - the written form of the Torah's verses, as compared to the read/pronounced form. Now, when one throws a stone into a publi…
1 year, 3 months ago
Makkot 7: Murder and Degrees of Unintentional Killing
Season 25 Episode 7
Last mishnah of the chapter: After the witnesses have testified, and the court has issued its verdict (a death sentence), and the defendant runs away…
1 year, 3 months ago
Makkot 6: Basics of Witness Testimony (and some quirky cases)
Season 5 Episode 6
A new mishnah - a long one, including discussion of verses that provide the key details about witness testimony (not conspiring witnesses, though). F…
1 year, 3 months ago
Makkot 5: How Bad Conspiring Witnesses: Unto 100 Rounds
Season 5 Episode 5
3 mishnayot! 1 - Conspiring witnesses who plot to impose monetary penalties on their victim. The witnesses can divide the payment that they are then …
1 year, 3 months ago
Makkot 4: Well Water in the Sea
Season 5 Episode 4
If a barrel of well water falls into the Mediterranean and a person comes to immerse where that water fell into the sea, that dunking is not effectiv…
1 year, 3 months ago
Makkot 3: Talmudic Actuary Tables
Season 25 Episode 3
How to assess the damage that the conspiring witnesses would have caused if they hadn't been determined to be conspiring: especially with monetary ca…
1 year, 3 months ago
Makkot 2: Introducing the Lashes of Conspiring Witnesses
Season 25 Episode 2
An introduction to the tractate Makkot, and to chapter 1: lashes as punishment for middle-level transgressions. Also, conspiring witnesses who cannot…
1 year, 3 months ago