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Chullin 38 and 39 - If You Could Read My Mind
Season 41 Episode 36
On today’s pages, Chullin 38 and 39, the rabbis confront one of the most difficult questions in all of law and ethics: how can we ever know what anot…
2 weeks ago
Chullin 36 and 37 - Stayin' Alive
Season 41 Episode 36
On today’s pages, Chullin 36 and 37, the rabbis debate how to determine whether a sick animal was still alive at the moment it was slaughtered. Blood…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Chullin 35 - The Rabbis and the Riffraff
Season 41 Episode 35
On today’s page, Chullin 35, the rabbis discuss the ritual status of the garments of an am ha’aretz—an ordinary person who is not meticulous about th…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Chullin 34 - Purely Improving
Season 41 Episode 34
On today’s page, Chullin 34, the Talmud explores the many gradations of ritual impurity and the complicated ways they are transmitted from one person…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Chullin 33 - Better Living Through Biohacking
Season 41 Episode 33
On today’s page, Chullin 33, the rabbis recommend a curious remedy for those recovering from illness, joining a long Jewish tradition of folk medicin…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Chullin 31 and 32 - Slaughter, Interrupted
Season 41 Episode 31
On today’s pages, Chullin 31 and 32, the rabbis examine what happens when ritual slaughter is interrupted midway through the act. The Mishna says tha…
3 weeks ago
Chullin 29 and 30 - Mishna Baby One More Time
Season 41 Episode 27
On today’s pages, Chullin 29 and 30, the rabbis wrestle with an odd question: why does the Mishna repeat a law we already learned only a few pages ea…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Chullin 28 - Against the Grain
Season 41 Episode 28
On today’s page, Chullin 28, the rabbis spend page after page discussing cuts, angles, and the fine technical details of slaughter. Producer Josh Kro…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
Chullin 27 - The Meat of the Matter
Season 41 Episode 27
On today’s page, Chullin 27, a discussion about slaughtering birds and animals opens unexpectedly into the world of Jewish mysticism. The rabbis imag…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Chullin 24, 25, and 26 - Sympathy for the Golem
Season 41 Episode 24
On today’s pages, Chullin 24, 25, and 26, the rabbis discuss unfinished vessels and the precise point at which an object becomes complete enough to m…
3 weeks, 6 days ago