Today’s daf reminds us that people have always, and will always, do things for no greater purpose than to annoy someone else! The Gemara discusses whether someone can make another person’s animal forbidden by slaughtering it as an act of idol worship. The basic assumption is that if a non-Jew slaughters or offers the animalContinue reading “Chullin 41”
2,711 pages of Talmud. A gem a day.
People make New Years resolutions. Mine was to read a page of Talmud every day, a practice known as daf yomi. There are 2,711 pages of Talmud. It will take over 7.5 years. This is my daily blog with at least one gem from each page I have read. Join me, and see this sacred book through the eyes of a progressive female Rabbi.
2,711 pages of Talmud. A gem a day. 