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Eruvin 3:1-3
Season 8 Episode 138
Finally, in Chapter 3, we learn how make an eruv! Or, at least, where we can make it - in a cemetery? And what we can make it out of - bread and salt…
3 years, 5 months ago
Eruvin 2:4-6
Season 8 Episode 137
Wells and roads and area calculations, with more on creating private spaces.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/EruvinSources
For o…
3 years, 5 months ago
Eruvin 2:1-3
Season 8 Episode 136
Bulls and cows and wells. Watering animals and creating private spaces.
For a source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/EruvinSources
For other r…
3 years, 5 months ago
Eruvin 1:8-10
Season 8 Episode 135
Camping in the desert and games with geometry.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/EruvinSources
For other resources go to https://w…
3 years, 5 months ago
Eruvin 1:5-7
Season 8 Episode 134
Poles, beams and mathematics. Did the rabbis know the value of Pi and can you write a legal document on a cow?
For the source sheet, look here: https…
3 years, 5 months ago
Eruvin 1:2-4
Season 8 Episode 133
Poles, beams and bricks. Psychological boundaries between the public and the private.
For the source sheet, with photos, look here: https://tinyurl.c…
3 years, 5 months ago
Eruvin 1:1
Season 8 Episode 132
The tractate of Eruvin begins with definitions of "private"and "public" which are, intriguingly, slightly different from the legal definitions of "pr…
3 years, 6 months ago
Shabbat 24:4-5
Season 7 Episode 131
The tractate of Shabbat closes with a discussion of acts which are required for the purposes of a mitzvah but are not, strictly speaking, acts of cre…
3 years, 6 months ago
Shabbat 24:1-3
Season 7 Episode 130
Taking care of our animals on shabbat!
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat
For other resources go to https://www.theda…
3 years, 6 months ago
Shabbat 23:4-5
Season 7 Episode 129
As we approach the end of the tractate of Shabbat, we consider questions of life and death. Interestingly, the tractate of Berachot does the same at …
3 years, 6 months ago