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Sanhedrin 12: Rome's Impact on the Calendar
Season 24 Episode 12
How far in advance of Adar -- when the month is added to the year -- could they intercalate the year? Rosh Hashanah time? Before it? Afterwards? Why …
1 year, 6 months ago
Sanhedrin 11: Sages: Pious and Human
Season 24 Episode 11
That time Shmuel HaKatan took the blame for someone else. [Who's Who: Shmuel HaKatan]. Also, that time Rabbi Hiyya took the blame for someone else. W…
1 year, 6 months ago
Sanhedrin 10: Lashes and Leap Months
Season 24 Episode 10
A case where the judgement might be lashes requires 3 judges, with an explanation of why, from a verse. So why do others maintain that 23 judges are …
1 year, 6 months ago
Sanhedrin 9: When Is a Monetary Case a Capital Case?
Season 24 Episode 9
A long discussion on the dispute between Rabbi Meir and the rabbis in mishnah -- beginning with a case of a husband who accuses his wife of not being…
1 year, 6 months ago
Sanhedrin 8: A Count of 3
Season 24 Episode 8
Parsing a verse from the Torah, the Gemara explores the ethics of judges, and how they must judge "small and great" alike -- understood to be monetar…
1 year, 6 months ago
Sanhedrin 7: Bringing Justice into the World
Season 24 Episode 7
A sidebar to the discussion of judges, wherein a passerby utters pithy statements which a couple of sages then ground in biblical verses. Also, error…
1 year, 6 months ago
Sanhedrin 6: In Praise of Compromise as Blasphemy
Season 24 Episode 6
How many judges do you need for meditation? For compromise? Is it akin to "judgement" or not? Plus, the need for a formal act of acquisition (or lack…
1 year, 6 months ago
Sanhedrin 5: Eggs, Marsh Water, and Halakhic Leadership (Oh my!)
Season 24 Episode 5
For a judge to not undertake financial responsibility for an error in judgement, he needs permission to judge from the exilarch. Plus, complications …
1 year, 7 months ago
Sanhedrin 4: Text vs. Tradition
Season 24 Episode 4
Cases of whether one should focus on the pronunciation of a word as compared to its written version, for any number of cases where both are presented…
1 year, 7 months ago
Sanhedrin 3: Does the Great Court Need 141 Judges?!
Season 24 Episode 3
On why the mishnah needs to include damages and half-damages in its list (about how many judges for this kind of case). Also, a dispute about whether…
1 year, 7 months ago