Avodah Zarah, Daf Samekh Bet, Part 5

Avodah Zarah, Daf Samekh Bet, Part 5   Introduction Since the Talmud spoke about the laws of Sabbatical year produce, there now appears a story about the subject.   דבי רבי ינאי...

Avodah Zarah, Daf Samekh Bet, Part 4

Avodah Zarah, Daf Samech Bet, Part 4   Introduction Today s sugya asks if there is a distinction between yayin nesekh and stam yeynam which is wine that has not been libated. This is not a distinction we read about often, but does exist in some realms of...

Avodah Zarah, Daf Samekh Bet, Part 3

Avodah Zarah, Daf Samekh Bet, Part 3   Introduction At the end of yesterday s section R. Yohanan mentioned a penalty placed on donkey drivers. Today the Talmud explains that this refer to. As we will see, Rava mentions it at the very end.  ...

Avodah Zarah, Daf Samekh Bet, Part 2

Avodah Zarah, Daf Samekh Bet, Part 2   Introduction The Talmud tries to determine why wages earned from working with yayin nesekh are prohibited.   גמ׳ מ"ט שכרו אסור...

Avodah Zarah, Daf Samekh Bet, Part 1

  Avodah Zarah, Daf Samekh Bet, Part 1   Introduction The opening mishnah of the fifth chapter discusses a non-Jew who hires a Jew to work with him in the transportation of yayin nesekh.   מתני׳...