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Shevuot 11: The Red Heifer and Unconditional Sanctity
Season 26 Episode 11
More on the animals that were consecrated for a year, yet not used within the year, and now what? The case of grain offerings is brought to determine…
1 year, 4 months ago
Shevuot 10: Even More Goats
Season 26 Episode 10
Parsing the specific goats - Rosh Chodesh, festivals, Yom Kippur - where each atones for specific things, and is where each thing can't usurp the ato…
1 year, 4 months ago
Shevuot 9: More Goats
Season 26 Episode 9
Continuing on the question of atonement and how one way to atone doesn't necessarily atone for other needs for atonement. In this case, the he-goats …
1 year, 4 months ago
Shevuot 8: Atonement or Suspended Punishment on Yom Kippur?
Season 26 Episode 8
Does the goat-offering atone for 3 different kinds of impurities? The verse indicates it won't atone for all kinds of impurities, only some of them. …
1 year, 4 months ago
Shevuot 7: Offerings and Atonement
Season 26 Episode 7
An investigation into the verses that teach that the sliding scale sacrifice is offered to atone for bringing impurity into the Temple, or the consec…
1 year, 4 months ago
Shevuot 6: White on White
Season 26 Episode 6
On the shades of white of tzara'at, in terms of color and brightness, and how they were to be compared, and perhaps even mixed. With various analogie…
1 year, 4 months ago
Shevuot 5: Pathways of Interpretation
Season 26 Episode 5
Beginning on the previous daf - we have a deep dive into the halakhic approach, when it comes to interpreting the biblical text. Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi…
1 year, 4 months ago
Shevuot 4: Mishnaic Authorship -- and Lashes
Season 26 Episode 4
More on whose opinion is represented in the mishnah - Rabbi Yishmael vs. Rabbi Akiva, and why each would be the opinion represented. Plus, the underl…
1 year, 4 months ago
Shevuot 3: Sacrifices on a Sliding Scale
Season 26 Episode 3
The Gemara's introduction to Shevuot seems far afield - in its sidestepping to tzara'at blemishes and Shabbat details. So it explains the connection …
1 year, 4 months ago
Shevuot 2: Two That Are Four
Season 26 Episode 2
A new - and long - mishnah: Those who violate their oaths need to bring a sacrifice for not following through on their commitment (2 such cases). But…
1 year, 4 months ago