Avodah Zarah, Daf Samekh Gimmel, Part 4 Introduction At the end of yesterday s section we read a source that says that if an employer tells his worker to go eat and he will pay him back, the employer has to make sure he doesn t eat prohibited produce. This was...
Avodah Zarah, Daf Samekh Gimmel, Part 3 Introduction Today s section goes all the way back to the practice of the people of the House of Yannai towards the end of daf 62. The entire discussion about the prostitute s pay was one long digression. The Talmud there...
Avodah Zarah, Daf Samekh Gimmel, Part 2 Introduction The Talmud continues to discuss the case of the animal used to pay a prostitute. I should note that the interest in this topic is not because of the particular case at hand. Rather, the rabbis are...
Avodah Zarah, Daf Samekh Gimmel, Part 1 Introduction Last week s daf dealt with an animal given as pay to a prostitute. The Torah says that such an animal may not be used as a sacrifice. But if she sacrifices it before they have sex, the sacrifice is valid. Our...
Avodah Zarah, Daf Samekh Bet, Part 6 Introduction The Talmud continues to analyze the baraita about the animal used as a prostitute s wages. נתן לה ואחר כך בא...
