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Did you know the priests carried switch blades? Yep. And apparently they kept them in today’s gem, the: Chamber of Knives. Now, I had never heard of the Chamber of Knives, so I deep a deep dive. If you ever used to watch MTV’s show “Cribs” then this will resonate, because apparently there was anContinue reading “Zevachim 55”

Is it ever good to be envious? On our daf today, Rabbi Yishmael compares the burnt offering blood placement to the placement Moses made when inaugurating the Mishkan (Tabernacle in the desert). Ge says, Just as there, with regard to the sin offering, the blood was placed discretely and with four placements, one on eachContinue reading “Zevachim 53”

I have written emails and forgotten to hit send. One of my sons had an assignment he did and uploaded but forgot to hit submit. And then there all the many projects I have started and never finished . . . Today’s daf reminds us that, if we don’t finish the job then we don’tContinue reading “Zevachim 52”

Good little gem today: The mishna teaches with regard to the sin offerings whose blood is presented inside the Sanctuary: As to the remainder of the blood which is left after the sprinklings, a priest would pour it onto the western base of the external altar. The Gemara asks: What is the reason that itContinue reading “Zevachim 51”

To read today’s daf, you need to understand some Talmudic terms that all are ways of deriving laws based on other laws. Steinsaltz defines the terms:  Hekesh – is an analogy. When two cases are mentioned together in the same passage or in adjacent passages, we can assume that since they are juxtaposed, they areContinue reading “Zevachim 50”

Today we learn that the sin offerings must be offered in the north. We learned previously that this is where the olah offerings were given as well! What a lesson, people who see others bringing the offerings will not know if they’ve sinned or not and will not be embarrassed… as long as they’re theContinue reading “Zevachim 48”

On our daf today we get a section of Mishnah that is read everyday as it’s included in the traditional prayer book!! MISHNA: What is the location of the slaughtering and consumption of offerings? The principle is that with regard to offerings of the most sacred order, their slaughter is in the north of the Temple courtyard. The passage discusses the specific sacrificesContinue reading “Zevachim 47”

Sometimes the daf uses a word I don’t know. (Okay that happens a lot.) Today, I clicked on the word נוּמִי numi as the verse says נוּמִי רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן numi Rabbi Shimon instead of the usual words. The divtionary said “ulcer” which makes no sense. So, a long dive later, I learned that Rashi saysContinue reading “Zevachim 46”

Today’s gem is the BIGGEST gem of the entire tractate! It answers the question: Why are we even studying this? There is no Temple to offer sacrifices! Does one issue a halakha for the messianic period, when the Temple will be rebuilt? Abaye said to him: If that is so, that such halakhot are notContinue reading “Zevachim 45”