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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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 months ago