Avodah Zarah, Daf Mem Vav, Part 6 Introduction Today s section contains another question from Rami b. Hama concerning the use in the Temple service of something that had been worshipped as an idol. Like yesterday s section, one can get the sense that these...
Avodah Zarah, Daf Mem Vav, Part 5 Introduction Yesterday s section began a discussion between Rava and R. Huna concerning using the case of the hire of a harlot to answer a question with regard to stones that were detached from a mountain that was worshipped....
Avodah Zarah, Daf Mem Vav, Part 4 Introduction Today s sugya (a difficult one) discusses stones that come from a mountain that was worshipped can they be used to build the altar? As a precedent, the amoraim will cite the biblical verse prohibiting the use of...
Avodah Zarah, Daf Mem Vav, Part 3 Introduction Yesterday we learned that there is a dispute whether boulders that have become separate from a mountain are prohibited when worshipped. Today the Talmud tries to determine who holds what opinion. To do so they...
Avodah Zarah, Daf Mem Vav, Part 2 Introduction Today s sugya begins a long discussion concerning boulders that are separated from a mountain which had been worshipped. While we know that while attached to the mountain such boulders are not prohibited, the issue...
