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Hullin 66: Spontaneous Generation
Season 31 Episode 66
Fish that have scales for part of their lives -- are likely to be kosher. But fish that have fins and no scales are not kosher. But if scales are all…
2 months, 1 week ago
Hullin 65: Birds of a Feather Dwell Together
Season 31 Episode 65
Birds that claw their prey are not kosher, though there are other signs too, of course. Plus, how the bird sits on a line with its "toes" divided acr…
2 months, 1 week ago
Hullin 64: Egg Versatility
Season 31 Episode 64
Eggs! They can bought from anyone, including idolators, without concern that they came via a nevilah or treyfa. The eggs themselves are identifiable …
2 months, 1 week ago
Hullin 63: The Torah's Non-Exhaustive List of Non-Kosher Birds
Season 31 Episode 63
There are 24 non-kosher birds, and there's a long chain of transmission to that effect, but if you count the birds in the Torah, the list in Leviticu…
2 months, 1 week ago
Hullin 62: The Common White "Snunit"
Season 31 Episode 62
The Torah's list of the non-kosher birds includes some modification, "along with its kind." This is true of the "orev," a crow. And also the white "s…
2 months, 1 week ago
Hullin 61: Is This Bird Kosher?
Season 31 Episode 61
The Gemara says that the signs for a bird to be kosher aren't explicit in the Torah - except that the Gemara also says that the signs for a bird to b…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Hullin 60: God's Lion's Roar to Defend the Jewish People
Season 31 Episode 61
A series of stories about Rabbi Yehoshua ben Haninah interacting with Roman officers, conversing with the Caesar, etc. Some of these stories need unp…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Hullin 59: The Species the Torah Knows, Including.... a Unicorn?
What are kosher animals? What are non-kosher animals? That is, from the signs listed in the Torah for domesticated and non-domesticated animals -- su…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Hullin 58: Mosquito Years
Season 31 Episode 58
What is the status of a treyfa animal after it has been declared a treyfa? For example if a hen is deemed a treyfa, what is the story with her eggs, …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Hullin 57: Scientific Experiments - Talmud Style: No King at the Ant Hill
Season 31 Episode 57
If a bird has a dislocated femur, the bird is nonetheless kosher. But it seems that the same sage said that it was not kosher - in Pompedita, leading…
2 months, 2 weeks ago