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Sanhedrin 13: Seasons in Their Time
Season 24 Episode 13
What happens to the equinox, when calculating the calendar? Is it considered the beginning of the new season or the end of the old season? The equino…
1 year, 8 months ago
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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 9 months ago