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Chullin, 21,22, and 23 - Shavuot I’m in Love
Season 41 Episode 21
On today’s pages, Chullin 21, 22 and 23, we take a brief pause from the technical discussion of birds and slaughter to reflect on the extraordinary c…
1 month ago
Chullin 20 - The Need for Ethical Eating
Season 41 Episode 12
On today’s page, Chullin 20, the rabbis enter a deeply technical discussion about birds and ritual slaughter that quickly opens into a much larger co…
1 month ago
Chullin 19 - To Kill a Melika Bird
Season 41 Episode 19
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On today’s page, Chullin 19, the rabbis compare two forms of slaughter that follow opposite rules despite their outward similarities. The conv…
1 month ago
Chullin 17 and 18 - The Heart of the Matter
Season 41 Episode 17
On today’s pages, Chullin 17 and 18, the Talmud pauses a technical legal discussion to tell a deeply human story. A rabbi upholds the law and punishe…
1 month ago
Chullin 15 and 16 - Knives Out
Season 41 Episode 15
On today’s pages, Chullin 15 and 16, the rabbis examine the virtues and dangers of different cutting tools, from reeds and flint to hand sickles and …
1 month, 1 week ago
Chullin 14 - Let My People Know
Season 41 Episode 14
Instead of today's page, Chullin 14, we take a brief break from the daf itself to celebrate one of the great modern revolutions in Jewish learning: t…
1 month, 1 week ago
Chullin 13 - Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
On today's page, Chullin 13, the Talmud lays down a strict prohibition against benefiting from anything an idol worshiper produces — a total cancella…
1 month, 1 week ago
Chullin 12 - The Talented Mr. Talmud
Season 41 Episode 12
On today’s page, Chullin 12, the rabbis wrestle with a deceptively modern question: when can we trust that someone claiming expertise actually knows …
1 month, 1 week ago
Chullin 10 and 11 - For the People, By the Majority
Season 41 Episode 10
On today’s pages, Chullin 10 and 11, the rabbis grapple with the deceptively simple instruction to follow the majority. The discussion turns on a sub…
1 month, 1 week ago
Chullin 8 and 9 - A Little Less Conversation, A Little More (Practical) Action
Season 41 Episode 8
On today’s pages, Chullin 8 and 9, the rabbis ask what practical skills every Torah scholar ought to possess beyond mastery of texts alone. A true s…
1 month, 2 weeks ago