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Sanhedrin 82: Zealotry
Season 24 Episode 82
Rav Dimi traveled from the land of Israel to Babylonia: The Hasmonean court isn't decrees against a man sleeping with a non-Jewish woman that puts hi…
1 year, 4 months ago
Sanhedrin 81: When the Court Can't Execute Those Who Deserve It
Season 24 Episode 81
Mishnayot! 1 - Someone who has incurred two different kinds of death penalties (but can only be killed once) - he is killed with the worse of them. S…
1 year, 4 months ago
Sanhedrin 80: Talmudic Forensics (and Word Problems)
Season 24 Episode 80
Ongoing discussion of a guilty party intermingled with innocent people (for example). Beginning with a case of two people standing together - and an …
1 year, 4 months ago
Sanhedrin 79: Force, Intent, and What It Takes to Convict
Season 24 Episode 79
Two new mishnayot! First, one with the case of one who intends to kill an animal, but kills a person, or a non-Jew and then Jew, etc. Disturbing case…
1 year, 4 months ago
Sanhedrin 78: Killing a Dead Man
Season 24 Episode 78
With partial or shared causation, who is culpable? Which leads to a discussion of someone who is already mortally wounded or ill or injured, and then…
1 year, 4 months ago
Sanhedrin 77: Indirect Ways of Killing - a Manual
Season 24 Episode 77
When one person ties up another, and the tied-up person died of starvation, or of the elements (on delay), then the person who tied him up is exempt …
1 year, 4 months ago
Sanhedrin 76: Examples of Extreme Death Sentencing
Season 24 Episode 76
Complicated incestuous relationship - such as a man with a woman he raped and the daughter of that rape (don't we know that that's an unacceptable!?!…
1 year, 4 months ago
Sanhedrin 75: Burning Incest
Season 24 Episode 75
Chapter 9! With a new mishnah too - on those whose crimes warrant execution, at this time, the death penalty is to be burning, including the adultero…
1 year, 4 months ago
Sanhedrin 74: Sin and Save Your Life (with Exceptions)
Season 24 Episode 74
A gathering of sages in an attic in Lod, and they were discussing martyrdom and when it was mandated. That is, most of the time, saving one's life ta…
1 year, 4 months ago
Sanhedrin 73: To Prevent the Sinner from Sinning
Season 24 Episode 73
A new mishnah! When a person who is committing a crime can be killed - and what kind of crimes warrant putting such a person to death before he can c…
1 year, 4 months ago