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Bikkurim 2:10-11

Season 6 Episode 77

More on the "koy", perhaps a relative of the goat or deer or mountain goat families, which is neither a true wild animal nor a true domestic. Perhaps…

3 years, 8 months ago

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Bikkurim 2:7-9

Season 6 Episode 76

Moving from etrogs to bipeds to a weird animal called a "koy", perhaps a relative of the goat or deer or mountain goat families, which does not exist…

3 years, 8 months ago

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Bikkurim 2:4-6

Season 6 Episode 75

More analysis: the Mishnah reminds itself of the similarities and differences between first-fruits and other offerings, and then goes sideways into d…

3 years, 8 months ago

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Bikkurim 2:1-3

Season 6 Episode 74

Time-out for analysis: the Mishnah reminds itself of the similarities and differences between first-fruits, tithes, and terumah.

For the source sheet…

3 years, 8 months ago

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Bikkurim 1:9-11

Season 6 Episode 73

Can you bring bikkurim twice? Can you bring bikkurim from across the Jordan?

For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaBikkurim .

3 years, 8 months ago

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Bikkurim 1:6-8

Season 6 Episode 72

What if you no longer own the field where the first-fruits grew? What if the well has dried up? Can the subsequent owner bring the first-fruits

For t…

3 years, 8 months ago

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Bikkurim 1:4-5

Season 6 Episode 71

Does a convert bring first-fruits? Is a convert connected to the Land? What about a woman or a hermaphrodite? 

For the source sheet, look here: https…

3 years, 8 months ago

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Bikkurim 1:1-3

Season 6 Episode 70

Who is eligible to bring the first-fruits? Turns out that you need to be rooted on the land and, perhaps not by coincidence, the first mishnah does t…

3 years, 8 months ago

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Bikkurim 1:1

Season 6 Episode 69

How do we deal with the first-fruits? Tune in here for an introduction to the tractate of Bikkurim

For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.c…

3 years, 8 months ago

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Hallah 3

Season 5 Episode 68

Summary of Chapter 3 of Hallah - taste, timing, life and death.

For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaHallah .

3 years, 9 months ago

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