Today’s gems are the daf giving us such vivid images. Here are just a few: Rav Ashi says: Huna bar Natan said to me: Once, I was standing before Izgadar, king of Persia, and my belt was raised above its appropriate height, and he lowered it into place and said to me: “A kingdom ofContinue reading “Zevachim 19”
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Zevachim 18
Today’s is Yom Kippur, so what better than an entire daf that discusses what the Kohanim (Priests) wear! We learn that if the Priest is not dressed appropriately, the offerings do not count. The robe can’t be too short or too long and you have to make sure it tis the appropriate length when it’sContinue reading “Zevachim 18”
Zevachim 17
It’s yom Kippur tonight! Our time to do the work of teshuvah before judgement is closing. So, a good gem for us: Rabba said: Why do I need that which the Merciful One wrote, i.e., that an impure priest, and one who immersed that day, and one who has not yet brought an atonement offeringContinue reading “Zevachim 17”
Zevachim 16
There is a joke that there are prayer aerobics, because we ask the congregation to stand up and sit down so many times, you get your squats in. But why do we have to stand for certain prayers while for others we sit? At first glance, our daf seems very disconnected from our lives today,Continue reading “Zevachim 16”
Zevachim 15
When I was 15 I went to Israel for the first time on a 6 week program with other teens. For one week of the program, we got to choose where we wanted to volunteer, I chose the army with a program called Gadna. While I was there, I was put on kitchen detail whereContinue reading “Zevachim 15”
Zevachim 14
We joke about having to go to school musicals where your kid is playing the third tree from the left. Well, today, on our daf describes a non-priest in the Temple as: a case where the non-priests served as a bench [itztaba]. Our daf is discussing the location of the slaughter of sacrifices (including incense,Continue reading “Zevachim 14”
Zevachim 13
I remember high school chemistry, I had been sitting in class, paying attention, but I didn’t understand what my teacher was saying. After, my friend Katie showed me how to use the periodic table to determine how many electrons were in each atom and then how to make them combine. It was the BEST andContinue reading “Zevachim 13”
Zevachim 12
Today’s gem shows that rabbis can make stupid mistakes AND have no compassion. (So, we’re looking good.) Rabbi Abbahu ridiculed [megaddef ] this interpretation: If so, how can you find a fit Paschal offering according to ben Beteira? If its owner designated an animal now, on the morning of the fourteenth, as a Paschal offering,Continue reading “Zevachim 12”
Zevachim 11
Okay, today’s gem is . . . a name. I was struck reading the daf that it kept referring to “Shimon, brother of Azarya.” Now, normally, a rabbi is referred to as “son of” or just by their name. So, why is this guy referred to as “brother of Azarya”? It turns out that bothContinue reading “Zevachim 11”
Zevachim 10
A perfect gem to Rosh haShana: The mishna teaches: Rabbi Eliezer says: The guilt offering, too, is unfit when sacrificed not for its sake. With regard to this it is taught in a baraita: Rabbi Eliezer said: A sin offering is brought for committing a transgression and a guilt offering is brought for committing aContinue reading “Zevachim 10”
2,711 pages of Talmud. A gem a day. 